The spring breeze is not warm, but people's hearts are warm, so this slightly cold spring wind has become pleasing, in fact, it is not the wind that is pleasing, but the people.

The guy who still looked like a teenager was washing vegetables in the yard, and he got up early in the morning and boxed and practiced, and then went out to buy a lot of vegetables and came back, vegetables were still scarce in this season, probably radishes, cabbage, potatoes and the like, but he bought a lot of them.

Shen Leng slice the radish and cut the cabbage into pieces, brush and clean a few vegetable jars, divide the cut vegetables into it, add the marinade and mix it and seal it.

The old dean sat on the recliner at the door of the house, covered with a blanket and watched Shen Leng busy with his work, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Maybe even the old man himself didn't think that after he was old, it would be this stupid boy by his side, not Meng Changan.

Think about it again, if a person like Meng Changan was by his side, the two of them should be talking about some military affairs at this time, instead of not mentioning a sentence related to government politics like Shen Leng, which is all trivial, but the old man likes it.

"Why are you pickling so many vegetables?"

"The old people love to drink porridge, I make some side dishes for my husband, the taste will be able to eat tomorrow, and every morning when I drink porridge with some side dishes, it is refreshing."

The old dean sighed: "I want to eat meat." ”

"What do you do with so much meat? No benefit at all. ”

Shen Leng said: "At your age, you should be more healthy, eat some light and easy-to-digest meals, meat and phlegm are not good." ”

"I want to eat meat......"

"Eat once every three days."

"I want to eat all the time."

"Hmm...... Can you be obedient? ”

"I want to eat meat......"

"Eat!"

Shen Leng pickled all the vegetables, and went to the well to fetch water to wash his hands: "Order food, what do you want to eat at noon today?" ”

"Lion's head, braised pork."

"Alas..... The older you get, the more greedy you get. ”

Shen Leng went into the kitchen to wash the meat he bought in the morning, and when he was cutting there, he heard movement behind him, and when he turned around, he found that the old dean was already at the door of the kitchen, Shen Leng was startled: "The legs and feet are not good and still walking around?" ”

The old dean said seriously: "Staring at you, I'm afraid that you will change the meat and fool me with fake meat." ”

Shen Leng said: "Am I that kind of person? ”

Dean: "Yes." ”

Shen Leng put the kitchen knife on the table and looked fierce and pinched his waist and said: "If you want to eat meat, just lie down honestly, don't lie on the chair outside, go back to the house and lie down, and when it is warm in the afternoon, I will accompany you for a walk, you can't always lie down or always move, you won't be free if I live here in the future, and you will listen to me for everything." ”

The old dean pouted, "Why are you so fierce?" ”

Shen Leng said: "From now on, you take me in, and I will be your parent." ”

The old dean sighed, "I took in a father? Or the father of the wild? ”

Shen Leng said: "Little father." ”

Old Dean: "Get out of ......"

Although he said, he still went back to the room according to Shen Leng's request, and lay down on the recliner in the room, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he was murdered by Shen Leng, but it was still beautiful, because Shen Leng's fierceness was not fierce at all.

It is also strange to say that the older the old dean is, the more he does not like to sleep in the bed, and the more comfortable the bed, the more uncomfortable he lies down, and the more accustomed he is to curl up on the recliner and sleep with a blanket, and often sleep sweetly.

Just when Shen Leng put the food on the table like a meal, there was a burst of talking voices outside the dean's courtyard, as if he was communicating something seriously, Shen Leng looked back and found that it was His Majesty and Lai Cheng who came.

His Majesty was dressed in civilian clothes, and most of the disciples in the academy had never seen him, and he was not worried about being recognized, and neither was Lai Cheng, so the two of them walked all the way through the huge academy.

"Why is the time so accurate?"

Shen Leng asked a little puzzled after saluting His Majesty.

The emperor smiled and said nothing, and Lai Cheng sighed: "Actually, it's early, and I squatted at the door for a while." ”

Shen Leng saw the emperor and the scholar squatting at the door smelling the fragrance in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

"Let's get down to business first."

The emperor said while washing his hands: "The cart of gold you brought back from the northern frontier has been calculated, and it can be converted into nearly three million taels of silver, and the life savings of the double-faced king of the Mongolian Empire have been emptied by you, and if you allocate funds to the Anyang dock, you can build dozens of large ships within a year, and there can be a hundred ships in two years." ”

Lai Chengdao: "Actually, I've been thinking about one thing all along, Sang Guo thinks that the water division is stronger, but if we put the Sang Guo water division in to fight, with the power of Daning's soldiers and land battles, they can still win?" ”

Shen Leng shook his head: "The matter of the sailor will be solved on the water." ”

The emperor laughed, his face smug, and he didn't know what to be proud of.

The old dean saw the emperor's pride but knew why, if the emperor came to choose, he would not put the Sangren into the land and then fight, even if the Daning soldiers were unparalleled in land warfare, but still would not be put in to fight, the matter of the sailor, it had to be fought on the water, and the battle of the sailor division had to be won on the water.

The emperor would also choose this way, so the emperor would say that Shen Leng was very similar to him.

In fact, at this time, whether it is the emperor or others, no one in the know has stopped doubting whether Shen Leng is the child who was stolen by the empress back then, and the emperor has even stopped checking, the emperor once said, if not, why is it so similar?

His two sons, whether they are Li Changze or Li Changye, are actually not very similar to him, but Shen Leng doesn't seem to be like him in any way.

"One more thing."

The emperor naturally sat down on the main seat, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with running over from the Yang Palace to rub rice, and he didn't feel that it was unseemly for His Majesty the Emperor of Daning to squat at the door for a few side dishes.

"Yesterday, I received a message from the eastern Xinjiang side, the mission of the Sang Kingdom has arrived, waiting for my will in the eastern Xinjiang, and I have sent someone to reply and let them come."

Shen Leng was stunned: "The Sang people know that they want to go to war, we know that they want to go to war, what are they trying to send an envoy over at this time?" ”

The emperor smiled: "There was a rebellion in the Sang Kingdom, and the original emperor Yingtiao Tai died of illness and the queen was in charge of the country, and she intended to use the wealth of the whole country to redeem Yingtiao Liu'an from Daning, but none of the Manchu civil and military plus those nobles agreed, so they killed the queen and supported Gao Jing as the emperor of Sang Kingdom." ”

Shen Leng nodded: "If nothing else, Gao Jingyuan must be very humble and say that he will never go to war with Daning, and he is even willing to pay tribute to His Majesty the Emperor Daning, and kneel down and call Dad." ”

The emperor shook his head: "I don't want this son." ”

The old dean burst out laughing.

Lai Chengdao: "Not only that, the news sent from Dongjiang said that Gao Jingyuan was willing to be a minister, and he also hoped that His Majesty the Daning Emperor could send a large number of officials to Sang, which was unexpected. ”

Shen Leng said: "It's just delaying time." ”

He asked curiously: "Queen Sang Guo plans to spend all the country's wealth to redeem Yingtiao Liu'an, how much is it?" ”

"It's hundreds of thousands of taels."

The Emperor said, "About one-sixth of your cart of gold." ”

Shen Leng: "Alas...... We are fighting a country that is poor. ”

The emperor also laughed: "The topography of the Sang country determines their national policy, although the area of their island country is not small, but there is not much place to produce grain, and there are not many minerals, the population will shrink after the war, and the population will be more and more in the future, and the ability of the Sang country itself will not be able to feed so many people, plus they are fierce by nature, and it is inevitable to expand outward, so they will do their best to build a sailor." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Lord Lai also said before that the cabinet has deduced countless times, and the Sang Kingdom will definitely come to harass Daning." ”

The emperor took a bite of the dish, and his eyes lit up slightly: "What about the wine?" ”

The old dean said, "Your Majesty, at noon."

Want to drink? There is also state affairs in the afternoon, and the courtiers have to be summoned, and the courtiers know that His Majesty is not good at drinking at noon, and the people over there ...... Yushitai"

Before the old dean's words were finished, the emperor pointed at Lai Cheng: "So I brought him with me, so I have never assigned a new capital to the Imperial History Tower, I can't go, I skip class." ”

Shen Leng: "Old scheming. ”

Emperor: "Huh? ”

Shen Leng bowed his head: "The minister went to fetch wine." ”

After Shen Leng went out, the emperor said with a smile: "The silly boy doesn't talk like other courtiers, and it's better to speak more easily in private, I don't like to eat and drink with those civil officials because they are too polite and regular, and they can't drink well." ”

The old dean pointed at himself, and then at Lai Cheng.

The emperor said, "You two are different. ”

The old dean thought about what was different, and Lai Cheng was also thinking about what was different, thinking about it, no one dared to say the answer, which was a little embarrassing.

It's not because it's shameless.

Shen Leng took the wine and came back, poured a glass for the three of them, and the emperor looked at Shen Leng: "You don't drink it yourself?" ”

Shen Leng shook his head: "It's four people now." ”

Emperor: "What's wrong with the four of them?" ”

Shen Leng: "Four people, after eating and drinking, His Majesty also said that he would not return to the palace for the time being, so the minister speculated that he might play mahjong for a while, and the minister did not dare to drink for fear of losing money." ”

The emperor waved his hand: "You can win money without drinking?" ”

Shen Leng: "Really fighting?" ”

The emperor sighed: "I haven't played mahjong for several years, and I have to play chess in front of people, which is more elegant, but I have never liked the so-called elegant things, and I still play mahjong for the pleasure of the future." ”

He looked at Lai Cheng: "How long have you not rested?" ”

Lai Cheng replied: "The minister hasn't been home for about 20 days. ”

The emperor nodded: "Give you a half-day off." ”

Lai Cheng was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The emperor said: "In order to play mahjong for half a day, my own affairs have been wasted, and the first assistant scholar of the cabinet has been wasted, I must be like a faint monarch at this moment...... Alas, it's so cool to be a faint gentleman. ”

Shen Leng wanted to say Your Majesty, you are more reserved, but he didn't dare to say it.

Then poured himself a glass of wine.

The emperor raised the corner of his eyebrows: "Don't you drink it?" ”

Shen Leng: "If you don't drink, you don't dare to win, and if you drink, you still don't dare to win, so let's drink, otherwise it's even more of a loss, what if you dare to win if you drink too much?" ”

Emperor: "Then you say, a big general who drinks too much is terrible, or a big emperor is terrible?" ”

Shen Leng: "......"

The emperor stretched out his hand: "I didn't bring any silver, who will borrow some first?" ”

Shen Leng: "I'll go add vegetables......"

Old Dean: "Huh....... Call...... Whew......"

Lai Cheng: "If you don't get drunk, everyone gets drunk, oh, I'm so sleepy." ”

The emperor sighed: "It's a big deal, I don't cheat, I play cards seriously, I don't care if I win or lose, and I don't have a bad account." ”

All three sat up straight: "That's fine." ”

The emperor looked at the door: "When I entered the door just now, I saw a few vegetable jars on the steps, what are they?" ”

Shen Leng replied: "The dishes that the minister just pickled in the morning are going to drink with porridge." ”

Emperor: "Hmm...... Wei Lan! ”

Wei Lan at the door immediately came in: "Your Majesty." ”

The emperor pointed outside: "Send two back the vegetable jar." ”

Lai Cheng: "Help me bring one too." ”

Old Dean: "......"

Shen Leng: "......"

Wei Lan was just about to go out, and the emperor stretched out his hand: "Borrow some silver." ”