The arrival of winter always makes Yuan Yun extraordinarily enjoyable, compared with summer, winter is more refreshing, especially when the snow is falling, it is simply a beautiful scenery in the world.

And at this moment, the front yard of the Yuan Mansion is even more beautiful, the white snow and the blue tile and black pillar are very harmonious, the only thing that is a little strange is that this front yard is now gathered many people, all of whom are famous hero families in Luoyang, they have become the family worshiped by the people of Luoyang because of the death of many sons and nephews in the battle.

In the face of such a large number of white-haired old men, the subordinates of the Yuan Mansion were very respectful, because on behalf of many families here, they were specially invited to go up to the city tower when Cao led the army to triumph.

When the main force of the gunpowder army in Luoyang triumphed, Yuan Yun still clearly remembered the shocking scene at that time, first the people who welcomed the road shouted the word Wansheng, and then the sergeants responded with the four words of peace in the world, so the cheers of tens of thousands of people were enough to resound throughout the world.

And the ceremony of meritorious service and reward was also held a few days later, everyone was very satisfied with their gains, even those who died in the war did not have any complaints, but felt extremely happy for the glory, after all, there are children and nephews who died in battle, not only material compensation, but also a glory that can be enjoyed by several generations, with this glory, even if they see high-ranking officials, they do not have to salute, and the ruffians on the street will never dare to provoke.

At this moment, there are such old people sitting in Yuan Yun's mansion, and they all have more or less heroic martyrs who died in battle, so when drinking tea in the Hou Mansion, everyone straightens their backs.

"Zhang Jiaweng, your old son and two grandsons died on the battlefield, why do you still send your grandson who just came back from Yizhou? Although Xiliang is controlled by us, but the Western Regions are not peaceful, there will be tragic battles, this is really not cost-effective, the military exploits established by your son and nephew, even if you can't eat it in two lifetimes, why bother to fight to the death? ”

When Zhang Xiang, the chief housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion, spoke, his face was full of puzzlement, he really didn't understand what these people were thinking, his family had become a big family in Luoyang because of his military exploits, but he was not satisfied, and he had to work hard if he didn't enjoy it.

After hearing what the housekeeper Zhang Xiang said, the man named Zhang Jiaweng immediately blew his beard and said, "It's finished in two lifetimes, what about the old man's great-grandchildren?" Many of these sons and nephews in the family will retire after the Battle of Yizhou, and when the time comes, they will eat and drink for nothing when they go home, because they are illiterate and do not know how to cultivate.

In addition, they themselves can't be idle, this time our caravan in Luoyang was robbed by someone else's king in the Western Regions, and they also felt embarrassed and lost home, so they asked the old man to come out and say something, begging the Hou Ye to let them join the volunteer army, and they must let those people in the Western Regions know that it is powerful.

And this Western Regions escort team is a good place to get oil and water, the veteran who followed your family Shishen hero before, who is not a rich and noble family now, the most important thing is that this is a job that can be operated for generations, and the big housekeeper Hugh wants to bully the old man, I don't understand. ”

Zhang Xiang was sprayed by Zhang Jiaweng's face, and he was speechless at the moment, so he could only frown, and said, "Your hometown really can't die in battle anymore......"

"Hugh has to say more, the old man is the head of the family, naturally the old man has the final say, and the old man is amazing, four out of sixty, and he can give birth to a fat doll, so the family is prosperous, and the housekeeper doesn't have to worry about it."

As soon as Zhang Jiaweng's voice fell, several old men with the same white beard began to laugh in an instant, and then touted each other about their secret techniques in the room, and their voices were very loud.

When Zhang Xiang heard these foul words, he could only grit his teeth and said, "You old men, be quiet, my lord is at home today, don't bother." ”

Before Zhang Xiang's words fell, he saw that Yuan Yun had already walked out of the inner hall, and he was naturally familiar with the few old men in front of him, after all, there were some heroes who were praised in their families, and there were even a few deeds like Dong Cunrui.

When the old men saw Yuan Yun coming out, they hurriedly left their seats, and were about to salute, but they heard Yuan Yun stop them: "You are all the hero's family, our Luoyang rules are set, the hero's family will not worship the official, and they will be exempted from labor for five years, you don't want to break the rules, right?" ”

After Yuan Yun finished speaking, the expressions of Xiao Liu and Shi Shen around him instantly became a little unnatural, when it comes to unruliness, who can be better than this Hou Ye of his own?

Those old men, but nodded solemnly and agreed, although they dared to laugh at the amiable butler Zhang Xiang, when facing Yuan Yun, the marquis, the deep-rooted traditional concepts in their minds could not get rid of.

Several old men sat down again in a panic, and Zhang Jiaweng, who represented everyone, said with a smile: "Yuan Hou made the way of the dart game this time, in fact, we all know it, and it is for those veterans who have retired, so we hurriedly came to sign up, plus our caravan in Luoyang was bullied by others in the Western Regions, how can we give up and not kill them all, our faces are not placed, and ...... again."

Yuan Yun has been listening to the old men in front of him with a smile, occasionally nodding and interjecting a few words, and specially setting up a banquet to entertain them, as for the sons and nephews of these families, they naturally accepted it.

After these old men ate and drank enough, they left very satisfied, and each of them secretly took away some tableware printed with the words of Yuanfu, not that they were greedy, but with these tableware, they could show off with others, they also had a meal in Yuan's mansion, who didn't know that the Yuan family's food was unparalleled in the world, which was enough for them to brag for a long time.

As for the Yuan Mansion, the people also knew very well that every time the head of the family entertained the families of these veterans, there would be less tableware, and after more times, Yuan Yun directly ordered to make a batch of tableware for people to go away.

When everyone left, Zhang Xiang rushed to report to Yuan Yun, but he still had some other worries in his heart, and after reporting the matter, he immediately said carefully: "Family master, under the current situation of the two of us, if we recruit so many veterans, I am afraid that it will be criticized, which is very unfavorable to the family master......"

Yuan Yun quickly understood what Zhang Xiang meant, so he waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't worry about it, these veterans are not recruited by the Yuan Mansion, but by He Yao, the eldest lady of the Cao Mansion, and she is now the largest shareholder of the Dart Bureau." ”

When Zhang Xiang heard the news, his face was immediately full of smiles, and he was relieved to go where he went, so he retreated.

Zhang Xiang left with his front foot, Yuan Yun's face immediately turned pale, and then he said unhappily behind the screen: "Guo Jiajun is really an out-and-out villain, and he is so skilled at eavesdropping on the secrets of other people's homes. ”

Soon there was a loud laugh from behind the screen, and then I saw that Guo Jia had come to the door, but I didn't see any embarrassment on him, and even directly opened the conversation and said: "I like Yuan Xiaoxian's yard very much, it's better to take a walk." ”

At the same time, Guo Yi's big head also emerged from behind the screen, and then he came to the two of them silently, with a posture that I was going too.

Yuan Yun had no choice but to smile bitterly, and then pointed in the direction of the courtyard and said: "Since Guo Jiajun has this Yaxing, I will accompany you, but your father and son came, why did Guo Yi even bring his wife at home?" ”

Guo Yi didn't wait for Guo Jia to speak, and already rushed to say: "My wife has been talking to me, saying that she wants to taste the unparalleled food of the Yuan Mansion, how could she miss such an opportunity when you came to Luoyang this time, didn't you just come with me?" ”

Yuan Yun listened to Guo Yi's nonsense, and immediately pointed out his middle finger and said, "You brought your mother-in-law to ask Liu Yiyi for benefits, right?" Chen Deng's pearl in the palm of his hand, where is the greedy person, do you want to talk to Liu Yiyi about the South Vietnamese business? ”

Guo Yi was not embarrassed to be exposed to his true thoughts, and he had a virtue with his son Guo Jia, and immediately opened the topic and said: "Yangzhou and Yizhou have surrendered, Nanyue is now in our bag, Na Shixie has submitted a letter of surrender to the imperial court, and he is willing to guard Jiaozhou for the imperial court for generations, and he was named the Marquis of Longbian, and now we want Na Shixie to do it, he doesn't dare to object, so ......"

"So you're planning to develop Guo's industry in the past, right?" Yuan Yun replied casually when he heard half of it.

Guo Jia only explained at this time: "Yuan Xiaoxian must have been there with your master, so let's just think about asking where the land in southern Xinjiang is rich in minerals." ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said, "Master Guo Jiajun is really like a god, Master and I have indeed been there. ”

After Yuan Yun finished speaking, the two immediately looked at each other and smiled, they both looked like they knew each other very well, after all, Yuan Yun always attributed all kinds of magic to his master, as for this excuse, Guo Jia was naturally very clear.

Yuan Yun laughed for a while, he had already gone through the chip in his mind, and soon found that in modern society, there was a big copper mine in Guiyang, and when he thought of this, he immediately sank his face, and said: "There are not only mines in the southern Xinjiang, but also very large copper mines, if such mineral resources are involved in it, I am afraid that sooner or later there will be trouble, so Guo Jiajun still wants to know?" ”

Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, and in just a few blinks of an eye, he resolutely shook his head and said, "There is no need to mention this matter in the future, the Guo family does not dare to compete with the imperial court." ”

When Guo Yi heard his father say this, he immediately questioned: "The court didn't say that you can't open mines privately, why did it become a competition with the court?" ”

Guo Jia glanced at Guo Yi, and then pointed to Yuan Yun and said: "Your teacher once built for Cao Ang's son, any gold, silver, copper and iron mine in the world should belong to the state, and even if private individuals find it, they are not allowed to mine it without authorization, so this policy will be implemented sooner or later." ”

Yuan Yun saw Guo Yi's disappointed face, so he could only comfort: "The copper mines in southern Xinjiang can't be moved, but the coal mines are not among them, I will draw a map and send it to you when I go back, as for whether I can find it, I don't care." ”

Seeing that Yuan Yun agreed so happily, Guo Jia immediately waved his hand at Guo Yi and said, "Little Guo'er hurry up and go to the kitchen and give an order, just say that our father and son will eat good beef tonight and prepare more." ”

When Guo Yi saw Guo Jia say this, he immediately understood the next conversation, and it was inconvenient for him to be there, so he retired very interestingly.

Guo Jia waited for Guo Yi to leave, then looked at Yuan Yun Zhengse and said, "Does Yuan Hou want to know something about the prince?" ”