Chapter 30: Miserable
The eunuch beside Zhu Yujian only felt a rubbing, and His Majesty the Emperor, who was slightly tired, had already rushed to the herald's side.
Shaking his shoulder, he asked in a loud voice, "What did you say?" You repeat? β
The poor little soldier was so frightened that the six gods had no master, and he called Tianqu in his heart, I clearly reported good news, what is this for?
"Back .. Return.. Your Majesty, Suzhou, the city of Suzhou was recovered. β
Zhu Yujian sighed, stood up, and said: "I have always looked down on King Lu, but I didn't expect him to have the courage and means to cross the river and fight a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers. It's a pity that I want to go on a personal expedition.... Alas, don't say it. Now that Suzhou has been recovered, Hangzhou has also been recovered, right? Hey, this is a good thing, after all, it is my Ming Dynasty who has recovered my homeland, and it is better than the great country being occupied by Manchurians. β
Xiao Bing was stunned for a moment, and said with a wooden expression: "Your Majesty, it is the Hou Xuanyan of Jiading who has taken back the state, and he has already sent someone to contact us and swear allegiance to Your Majesty." β
This time, Zhu Yujian was stunned in place, staring straight ahead with his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Can one person recover Fuzhou?" β
He was still stunned, the remnants of Jiading behind him were already cheering, and Huang Ying'er and his two maids were even more excited with tears in their eyes.
Miao'er had tears in her eyes, laughing and crying at the same time. "I knew that a big hero like Hou Gongzi wanted to leave a name in history with a bang."
The huge cheers pulled Zhu Yujian, who was out of the world, back to reality, and he immediately realized what important news this was.
"Convey the decree to the Ministry of Officials, reward the remnants of Jiading, and give officials according to the fiefdom of military merit. Then summon the scholars and civil and military officials to enter the temple to discuss matters. β
This is a huge opportunity, and to the north of King Lu, a force of its own has emerged. In this way, King Lu's petty regime is already surrounded by itself. And the recovery of Suzhou, by no means a city and a place of gains and losses, Suzhou is the center of the south of the Yangtze River, around it, there are Songjiang Mansion, Yingtian Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion... The prosperous state capitals in Jiangnan are all within the scope of what can be captured.
In the city of Suzhou, Hou Xuanyan had no idea that the entire Southern Ming Dynasty was in a quarrel because of the recovery of Suzhou.
At this moment, he was lying on the carved rosewood bed, his limbs spread out into a "big" character, and he was asleep.
Gu Ling'er leaned sideways, pillowed her little head on his shoulder, and posed a small "big" character on the bed.
At three o'clock in the morning, these two people were still sleeping.
Xiaoxiao came in and saw this scene, covered her mouth and chuckled, and said, "Get up and eat." β
The two of them raised their heads at the same time, rubbed their eyes, and said sleepily, "Have you eaten?" β
God Sync...
After the two maids waited for the two to wash, Hou Xuanyan took Gu Ling'er to face the courtyard, there were stones, water, flowers, trees and sunshine outside the door, and the beautiful scenery in front of him made people appetite. Especially thinking that this house has become his own property, Hou Xuanyan is even more smiling. I picked up a side dish, well, not bad. The side dishes are well blended with color and aroma, and although it is a light breakfast, it is also appetizing.
After all, Gu Ling'er is the daughter of a big family, although she is young, she is very ladylike when she eats. Two maids served left and right, serving vegetables and soup, and serving diligently. Hou Xuanyan picked up the chopsticks, put them on the table, and the chopsticks flew like a fly, and he ate like a whirlwind.
Little Lori and the two royal sisters were dumbfounded, staring at him as if they had found a monster.
Hou Xuanyan stood up and patted his belly, how bad the image was.
"Haha, you're full, you go on." Walked to Gu Ling'er's side. touched her little head and said, "Daughter-in-law, Xianggong is going out to work, you are obedient at home." β
Gu Ling'er finally reacted, her mouth pursed, and she cried.
"Rice... Rice.. It's all gone! β
Hou Xuanyan felt weak for a while, and quickly quickened his pace and slipped out.
When I came to the outer courtyard, I saw Xu Yuanbao and Hong Yixun, with a group of handymen in green clothes and small hats, waiting there. Seeing him come out, two people stood up and walked over.
"What's going on?"
Xu Yuanbao glanced at it and said, "Young Master Hou, this is the old man of the Gu Mansion... The subordinate sent by Old Man Gu. β
"Don't call Hou Dashao, Hou Gongzi, just call the eldest brother in the future." Hou Xuanyan felt that these titles were too raw, everyone was a lifelong friendship, and it was time to change it.
"Hey, hey, okay big brother."
Hou Xuanyan pointed at Hong Yixun and said, "And you, just like him." β
Hong Yixun nodded, which was a tacit acquiescence.
"Let's go, go to the yamen."
The Yamen, the prefect of Suzhou, the big landlords gathered again, and for the first time, they stood up to participate in a coup d'Γ©tat. Seriously, in the past, they were all behind-the-scenes operations, and whoever won and who lost had to rely on them in Suzhou. Now it's different, alien invasion, losing is death.
So these strangely lazy old men came here early in the morning and waited for Hou Xuan's performance for a long time.
"Haha, you guys so early?"
The big landlord looked at the sun hanging high outside the house, and the sun on the ground, and pursed his lips and refused to speak.
Fortunately, Hou Xuanyan was thick-skinned enough, he coughed lightly and decided to go straight to the point.
Sure enough, as soon as they talked about business, the landlords and lords became active. The key is not to be active, Hou Xuanyan didn't say secret words, and directly began to ask for money.
"You know, I, Hou Xuanyan, came to Suzhou, and I only brought a brave heart, a loyal heart, and a breeze on both sleeves." After speaking, he patted his chest to make himself more imposing.
Gu Youde couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Xuan Yan, what do you want to say, just say it." β
"You are all wealthy gentry in Suzhou, and you all have food in your family, I hope you can take out some of it, we will recruit people, train new troops, and guard the city. And there are so many refugees pouring in, and they also need food relief. β
As soon as it came to refugees, some people immediately came out to complain: "These refugees are pouring into Suzhou, I think it's time to take care of it, more and more refugees from the north are entering the city, and Suzhou is almost unable to fit in." β
Another person was afraid of bleeding too much, so he asked: "I heard that you are in Wu Zhikui's army, spending money like dirt and having a lot of wealth. I want to come to the Hou family and a big family in Jiading, Xuan Yan still has a lot of money, right? β
Hou Xuanyan pulled over a chair, simply sat in the center of the person, took a sip of the tea bowl, and moistened his throat.
Is it worse to cry poor than to cry with me? I've watched more reality shows than all of you combined, so what can I compare to?
"Hey! Jiading City, miserable. Tens of thousands of villagers died tragically, women all over the city were humiliated, and Li Chengdong used 300 boats to carry the property that he was not satisfied with. As soon as everyone heard him talk about Jiading, they couldn't bear to interject again.
Hou Xuanyan changed his tone and said: "You don't want Suzhou to become such a hell on earth, please don't spare this little bit of food, for you, it's just a drop in the bucket." If we lose, we will be empty. β
As for the fact that I still have some money left, that's nonsense. We fled all the way, eating bark and weeds, and drinking the southeast and northwest winds. β
Hou Xuanyan pointed to the three of them and said miserably: "Look at the three of us, how hungry we are." β
Everyone's faces were strange, and Hou Xuanyan realized that he had pointed at the little fat man Xu Yuanbao. Mistakes, mistakes...
Fortunately, he was improvised, shaking his finger and saying, "Look at him, he is hungry and swollen!" β