The spacious study room of the Hou Mansion was crowded with Suzhou's civil and military officials.

Gu Yanwu, who was appointed as the prefect of Hangzhou, stood at the head of the bed and listened to Hou Xuanyan's instructions.

"For the recruitment of troops in Hangzhou Prefecture, you still have to have more snacks, and other things can be delayed. Recently, you have been working hard and busy. ”

Gu Yanwu nodded and said with a smile: "When the national disaster is at hand, being busy is a good medicine, if you are idle every day, it will be really uncomfortable." ”

Hou Xuanyan instructed a few more words about the training of the standing army raised, and then sent Gu Yanwu out of the study. Now that he is sick and can't go out, it has become the military and political center of Suzhou.

Gu Yanwu bowed his head and said emotionally, "Take care of your body. ”

Xia Yunyi's father and son were flipping through the treasury ledgers of Suzhou over the years, and Hou Xuanyan stepped forward to take a look, confused. This thing is like a mountain, he doesn't understand the meaning of those ghost drawings in the ledger at all, and there is a large string of numbers that gives him a headache when he looks at it.

"The weapons, armor, and food in the treasury should be counted as soon as possible. In addition, the disabled soldiers have to settle down for a thousand lives, and there are many people in the city who have fled south and lost their families, so I think that the famous old men in Suzhou can try their best to match some widows, so that they can have both men and women to rely on and settle down as soon as possible. ”

Xia Yunyi nodded frequently in front of him, and said loudly when he heard this: "Absolutely not!" Women's observance of festivals is a major event, and if we don't encourage it, how can we clearly support them to remarry. ”

Hou Xuanyan pursed his lips, stood up and approached the ear of Chen Mingyu, who had recently been promoted to the prefect of Suzhou, and said softly: "Since this matter is not done well, then start secretly, you know what I mean?" ”

Chen Mingyu is obviously a little more pragmatic than Xia Yunyi, although he is also a scholar, he is a warden, and he is in charge of trivial matters among the people. Compared with those high-minded readers, Chen Mingyu is still more pragmatic.

"Let's go, let's go, get busy, Hong Chengchou won't give us too much time."

Only Yan Yingyuan was left in the room, and Hou Xuanyan cautiously closed the door and took out a secret edict from his sleeve.

Although Yan Yingyuan didn't know what it was, he couldn't help but become serious when he saw him so cautious.

"Commander, what is this?"

"Shaoxing Lu Fan did not welcome the edict and drove away the angels, which was simply a big rebellion. This is His Majesty's secret decree, sent from Hangzhou, and handed over to Wu Shengzhao by Liu Zhongzao himself. ”

Yan Yingyuan unfolded it and took a look, and it was concise and to the point, that is, he wanted Hou Xuanyan to act at the opportunity and capture Lu Fan as soon as possible.

After taking a deep breath, Yan Yingyuan frowned and said: "Zhedong is rich and rich in the world, if you can take Zhedong, the soldiers, horses, money and food will be inexhaustible." Moreover, the last time Shaoxing crossed the river to capture Hangzhou, the soldiers were lost and their vitality was greatly damaged. If the commander is determined to take Shaoxing, it should be sooner rather than later. If it's too late, they'll be able to recover quickly. ”

Hou Xuanyan pondered for a moment, and just wanted to speak, when he suddenly coughed. Yan Yingyuan hurriedly stepped forward and patted him on the back, at this time there was a knock on the door, Hou Xuanyan looked at the door, but there was no one in sight.

The matter was confidential, Yan Yingyuan didn't dare to be careless, and walked over to open the door. I saw a little girl carved in pink, struggling to carry a medicine box, looking up at herself timidly. Although he is accustomed to seeing life and death, and has guarded Jiangyin from hell for two months, he still can't help but feel soft in his heart when he sees such a cute thing.

Hou Xuanyan beckoned gently, and Yan Yingyuan hurriedly took the medicine box and took out the medicine inside.

Gu Ling'er jumped into Hou Xuanyan's arms, and invited her to work with a milky voice.

Yan Yingyuan showed a rare smile on his face, and praised: "Ling Qianjin is well-behaved and cute, and the commander is blessed." ”

Hou Xuanyan smiled wryly, and was about to change the topic, Gu Ling'er showed her little head, looked at Yan Yingyuan with big black eyes, made a grimace and said: "Uncle bearded, you are wrong, he is my husband, how can I be his daughter." Haha, that's stupid. ”

Hou Xuanyan almost choked out the medicine he had just drunk, his face was red, and he didn't know whether he was choking or embarrassed. He touched Gu Ling'er's head, and kneaded the hairstyle that looked like it had been carefully dressed by the two maids into a bird's nest.

Holding Gu Ling'er in his arms, he said helplessly: "You also saw it, my body can't go to Shaoxing." I sent everyone away, leaving only Rihyung, you know what I mean? ”

Yan Yingyuan didn't know what to do, and thought that Hou Xuanyan had some vicious interest in that aspect. Although he can't get used to this kind of behavior of intercourse girls, but the national disaster is at the head, and Hou Xuanyan is tied to the great cause of Jiangsu and Zhejiang against the Qing Dynasty. Alas, for the sake of national affairs, I should not have seen it.

"The lower officials must do their best to sweep Shaoxing for His Majesty and the commander."

Hou Xuanyan is such a shrewd person, he is a monkey with his tail, how can he not see the disgust hidden in his eyes.

"Don't get me wrong, this is Gu Youde's granddaughter, I just arrived in Suzhou and am penniless, and I have an agreement with him. I married his granddaughter and became the aunt of the Gu family, and he sent troops, horses, money and food, wishing me great success. ”

Yan Yingyuan was relieved, to be honest, if Hou Xuanyan was a pervert, he could also work for him for the country, but he would definitely feel uncomfortable.

Hou Xuanyan patted Gu Ling'er's little buttocks while drinking the medicine, and asked her to go to the bookcase to get her own map on the surface.

Yan Yingyuan opened the map and looked at it, and there were circles on it, and the depth of the handwriting and ink marks was different. A discerning person can see at a glance that this is not a study once or twice.

He said in his heart, the commander covets Shaoxing, but I'm afraid it's not a day or two. Whether this secret edict comes or not, he won't let go of the fat in his mouth.

This time he really didn't guess wrong, in fact, since he entered Suzhou City, Hou Xuanyan has begun to plan how to eat King Lu of Shaoxing in one bite.

Hou Xuanyan spread out the map and said: "Look here, the people stationed at the Qiantang River port are Sun Jiaji and Qian Sule's people. These people are the gentry who are dissatisfied with the shaving order and kill officials and gather the people to expose them. But since King Lu recruited Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren, these people have been excluded and persecuted, and their volunteers have not even been paid.

King Lu's foundation was laid by these people, and now that he is being treated like this, how can he not complain? Looking at Fang Guoan again this time, he lost his troops and lost his generals, and basically had no strength. As a result, Qian Sule and Sun Jiaji, who were excluded before, have the strongest troops in Shaoxing.

This situation is the most heart-wrenching, even if it is a bright monarch, it is inevitable to be suspicious. What's more, King Lu is mediocre and incompetent, so he must take more precautions against Qian and Sun. ”

Yan Yingyuan looked at his glowing eyes, which flashed with cunning that shouldn't belong to a young man.

"The Governor wants to use a counter-strategy?"