The miserable sky seemed to be shrouded in a dark veil, and the wind blew snowflakes on people's faces, and the 400,000 troops on the nine sides of Shaanxi and Gansu marched in three waves.

The people along the way are sending off, many of the soldiers who conquered Liao are Shaanxi and Gansu people, the hometown fathers and elders send their children to Jingbei to fight, people's enthusiasm is very high, now due to the leading firearms and the gradual improvement of the military medical system, the casualty rate of the war continues to decrease, coupled with the increase in military pay and reward system, being a soldier is no longer a chore.

Only veterans who have experienced the Northern Expedition for four years will have a special feeling about this, and still remember the fierce battle of Jingxiang back then, when more than half of the brothers were killed and wounded, and no one collected the remains, let alone eat pot pulp to welcome and send off. Thousands of miles of fertile land, close to the Central Plains, where Jiannu committed, are mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, and they are all messy.

Hu Bawan rode on a horse, a head higher than the other cavalry, he was the vanguard of this march, Yan Yingyuan of the rear army was still waiting for the same time, Hu Bawan had arrived at the junction of Shaanxi and Jingbei.

After passing through Shaanxi, I saw groups of young people, digging soil, measuring, and recording on the ground. Hu Bawan was puzzled, and came to one of the teams with a horse's belly and asked, "Hey, what are you doing here, who asked you to come?" ”

The young man who was questioned had lowered his head and was digging in the soil, wearing a thick animal skin cotton jacket and a fox skin lapel around his neck, but when he heard the roar, he raised his head, and he was quite handsome.

Hu Bawan's tone was not very good, and this descendant was not afraid of this big general, so he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "First, I don't call for feeding, and second, this is confidential and can't tell you." ”

Hu Bawan just wanted to get angry, but when he saw that there were eyes on her ears, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be a female, no wonder she has such a big temper." ”

Hu Bawan is a person who is not stingy, and the surrounding soldiers have a virtue with him, and they laughed when they heard the words.

The girl who lowered her head and dug the soil was annoyed and angry, a blush of shame appeared on her clean and beautiful face, and she pinched her waist and said: "You are a group of soldiers, you are not good at fighting, you didn't come here to tease the people's daughters, and the old lady fought with you." After saying that, waving the special hoe made by the Craftsman Pavilion, he was going to come up and fight hard.

She is only a teenager, and she wants to call herself an old lady, and at first glance, she has been messing with her brothers for a long time and has learned a mouthful of Jianghu dialect.

Hu Bawan was startled, and hurriedly dodged sideways, although he was strong in martial arts, he naturally wouldn't attack a little girl, at this time, a middle-aged man in the distance walked over quickly and shouted, "What's going on?" How does this say? ”

The girl was upright, and said with a hoe: "You ask him! ”

"This general, Wu Sicheng, the second-level instructor of the Lower Jinling Craftsman Pavilion, is my student, I don't know why there was a dispute?" This girl is not simple, although Wu Sicheng knows that the rank of this general is not low, he has to protect the female student first.

The second-level teacher of the craftsman hall, that is already a high-ranking official from the fourth grade, although he does not have his own official position, Hu Bawan does not dare to slack off, after all, these people are now the emperor's celebrities, and said with a smile: "We have a little misunderstanding with this little girl, in fact, it is not a big deal, that is, I saw a lot of people plowing soil along the way, come and ask what you are doing here." ”

Wu Sicheng said with a smile: "So that the general will know that the Lord of Long Live has just issued a holy decree to let us come to explore the road and prepare to build the road." ”

"Oh?" Hu Bawan got off the horse with great interest and asked to the bottom of the matter.

The little girl next to her saw them chatting, and did not continue to investigate, lowering her head and concentrating on digging the soil. She looks very valuable in winter clothes, but she is surprisingly simple and hard-working, and she does not look like a delicate lady from a large family.

Hu Bawan asked and found that many things were inconvenient to disclose, and it seemed that there was really a confidentiality agreement on it. In addition, these people are exploring and building roads, and in the end, they are also to transport food for themselves as soldiers, and the little mustard in their hearts will be eliminated.

Looking up and seeing that the hour was not early, Hu Bawan smiled and said: "Wu Jiaoxi, it's important to march to the army, let's leave it at that." ”

"General, let's go."

Hu Bawan said with a smile: "Little girl, let's not know each other, don't we say goodbye?" ”

The little girl who digs her head raised her head, hugged her fists very generously and said: "As a soldier, the green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow for a long time, and there will be a period in the future." ”

Hu Bawan laughed, obviously very temperamental, thinking that he hadn't married a wife at an age, this girl didn't have to choose, and she had a good personality, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Wu Jiaoxi, where is this girl from?" ”

He just asked casually, Wu Sicheng's voice was lower than him, his face seemed to be colorful, and he leaned closer and said: "General, it looks like you are also from the Northern Expeditionary Army, this is the commander of your Northern Expeditionary Army, and now the daughter of the Duke of Qi, her name is Li Siqi." ”

Hu Bawan stumbled and almost fell off the horse, he was Li Haoxian's absolute confidant, how could he not know Li Siqi's name. Li Haoxian abandoned his family and children back then, fled by boat from Dengzhou, Shandong to Jiangnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and later returned to Shandong It is said that he found his family back then, and only one concubine and daughter are alive.

"How did Miss Li enter the Craftsman Pavilion?"

Hu Bawan couldn't believe it, he was still buzzing in his head, and he didn't have the slightest thought of begging someone to be his wife, if Li Haoxian knew that he was worried about his precious daughter, it would be strange if he didn't kill himself. Li Haoxian felt ashamed of his family, and he was spoiled to the sky for this daughter, I heard that his youngest son Li Siyong was beaten and scolded at home, but he was reluctant to even scold his daughter loudly.

Wu Sicheng's eyebrows fluttered, and he said happily: "When His Majesty came to the Craftsman Pavilion in person, Qi Guogong accompanied her throughout the whole process, and Siqi followed Guogong to the museum, and since then she has been fascinated by this way. scared our curator a lot, Grandpa Guo just objected, but fortunately, His Majesty personally persuaded him to let Duke Qi agree. ”

Hou Xuanyan wants to emancipate women, advocating that women should not squat at home and engage in the same way as female celebrities, but come out to study and work. To change the small-scale peasant economy, we must first change the pattern of male farmers and female weavers, and the weaving factories in Jiangnan are still dominated by male workers, which is a serious waste of labor. Li Siqi's entry into the museum will definitely play a very good role, although Li Haoxian may be ridiculed for a while, but in the long run, it is absolutely significant.

Hu Bawan was speechless and said: "Big brother, he is really bitter, I heard that Li Siyong was drunk and pulled his father to worship him, and now his daughter is coming to dig again... Alas, after this battle, I have to carry a good wine to see him, after all, it is still a reliable brother who was born and died together. ”

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