Chapter Thirty-Six: The Cannons of Yuelu Mountain Can't Hit Changsha

In the next two days, Wang Kefan spent the next two days with his family, and he spent all year round fighting and running around, and he paid too little to his family, and accompanying them during the New Year was a small compensation.

For most Chinese, the first theme of the New Year is eating, and the family of the rich is no exception, which is a way to connect feelings. The male and female hostess, who don't cook on weekdays, came to the kitchen, jingled to make their own specialty dishes, put together a few plates, and then served a glass of wine, and the warm and cordial New Year's flavor came out.

After eating and drinking, of course, you have to go shopping, except for Li Runniang to go to Jingzhou Mansion to save relatives, the family is all together, Wang Kefan accompanied everyone to walk around in Changsha Mansion, walked around the south and north of the city, and also went to Yuelu Mountain on the other side of the Xiangjiang River to take a turn.

What is special is that Wang Kefan is not very interested in Yuelu Academy, Lushan Temple, Yuwang Monument and other scenic spots, but directly climbs to the top of the mountain, holding a telescope and looking around.

The Changsha Army agreed to hold it on the fifth day of the first lunar month, but Wang Kefan was busy with military affairs, but he returned to Changsha Mansion a few days in advance, and in addition to accompanying his family to celebrate the New Year, he also had to come to Hunan to have a look, grasp first-hand information, and prepare for the upcoming Huguang Battle.

If nothing else, Kong Youde will soon lead a large army to invade Hunan, and Changsha, as the provincial capital of Huguang, will become the focus of contention between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties, a fierce battlefield.

Wang Kefan is looking at the terrain and is more familiar with the structure of the city, so that he will be able to sacrifice less on the battlefield in the future.

There are many hills around Changsha, the most famous is Yuelu Mountain, Yuelu Mountain is only 300 meters above sea level, but it is stacked with mountains for dozens of kilometers, like a natural barrier, lying on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. Wang Kefan estimated that if the Qing army set up a red-coated cannon on Yuelu Mountain, even if the height of the drop was added. It can't hit Changsha City on the other side of the Xiangjiang River.

He was already very familiar with the artillery of this era, the copper cannon could hit one or two hundred meters, it was good, the effective range of the red-coated cannon was between a few hundred meters, and the farthest firing range was one or two thousand meters.

The reason why Kong Youde's Tianyou soldiers are terrible is because the field combat ability of the Qing army is too strong, which can protect the artillery to approach the city wall, and hundreds of large and small artillery pieces are under your nose and bombarded repeatedly, and the ordinary city wall can't withstand it.

But then again. Even if it can't set up artillery to siege the city, Yuelu Mountain still has its strategic value. The terrain here is dangerous, and it happens to be stuck on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, which is the natural barrier of Changsha City, no matter who defends the city in the Ming and Qing dynasties. will not easily give up this outer position.

After looking at the terrain, I sent the telescope to my son. Got him over the hook. Then he put it away, this thing is too expensive to be a toy...... The little guy didn't follow, jumping to his feet and making trouble to see again, Fu Shihua took out some candy and snacks, and only then did he coax this snack goods. Then hand it to Xicui and take it to the side to play.

"Xianggong, am I too indulgent to the child?" Fu Shihua looked a little weak-hearted. In her mind, a woman should take on the responsibility of husband and child. Wang Kefan wants to do big things outside, and her son is so naughty, she didn't take it well.

"Nothing! Little boy, it's normal to be naughty, just a one-and-a-half-year-old child, don't restrain his nature......" Wang Kefan has experience, and when he talked about parenting, he said that Fu Shihua was stunned.

"Xianggong, how do you still understand this? It sounds fresh, and it seems to make a lot of sense. Fu Shihua is very curious that his father-in-law will still take children!

"I care, so I ask more about these things." Wang Kefan turned his head, looked at Fu Shihua's eyes and said: "I'm always not at home, you have to take care of my mother, take care of the children, and take care of such a big family, it's hard for you." ”

"Look at you, what are you talking about old husband and wife? Let the girl hear it, and she has to laugh at us again. Fu Shihua felt sweet in her heart and said: "You are working hard outside, and you have to take care of yourself, I can trust Sister Runniang, but there has been no movement in her stomach for so long, and you are too hard-working, otherwise, you can take Xicui away......

As Wang Kefan, he must consider the issue of spreading branches and leaves as early as possible, the more heirs the better, only one son is too thin. Although Li Runniang is a sassy woman, she was born in the north and the south, and it seems that it is not easy to give birth, Fu Shihua decided to cast a net and give her husband Zhang Luo a concubine.

“……”

Wang Kefan's head was a little short-circuited, and he didn't dare to take Seal Ji home, because he was afraid that Fu Shihua would taste it, but he didn't expect Fu Shihua to be so open-minded, and he was ready to let Xicui warm his bed.

"Xicui ......, it's not good, forget it." Wang Kefan refused.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with washing? Fu Shihua asked.

"It's too familiar, I'm embarrassed to do it...... Wang Kefan smiled, Xicui is still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Lori, and just like her own family, she will feel guilty when she gets into bed.

"Then you pick it yourself, which girl you choose, I will welcome her into the door with a sedan chair, and I will treat her as my own sister." Fu Shihua was slightly disappointed, but she covered it up well, in her mind, it was a matter of course for Wang Kefan to continue to take concubines, she knew the bottom line about Xicui, and she was more at ease and better to get along with when she was accepted into the room.

"We'll talk about that later." His wife enthusiastically introduced Xiao San to himself, Wang Kefan felt very unaccustomed, so he turned on the defensive: "Why are you worrying about this, we are all so young, let's think these things are too urgent." ”

He is only a weak crown year, he just got married two years ago, and he has already married Li Runniang's concubine, and the speed is not slow.

"Don't make fun of Xianggong, although I don't dare to say three from four virtues, but I am not the kind of shameless jealous woman...... The parents of the concubine sent letters to the family many times, and they all praised the good life of the husband, and the husband fought for his life outside, but no one took care of the food and daily life, I, I was uneasy......"

Fu Shihua's words were very vague, Wang Kefan thought about it for a while, and guessed the general ins and outs, Fu Shihua's parents must have made some kind of hint, hoping that she would have two more children.

The average life expectancy of people in the Ming Dynasty was far lower than that of the old time and space, and people who died at the age of twenty or thirty abounded, and children often died young, such as the eight-year-old Kangxi who could become the emperor because he had smallpox and could grow up smoothly.

As the saying goes, raising children to prevent old age, Fu Shihua took advantage of her youth to have two more children, no matter what happened in the future, she was not afraid, her parents probably thought like this.

However, Fu Shihua is a husband-oriented, very traditional woman, who thinks about Wang Kefan first in everything, and since she has not been by her husband's side for many years, she is ready to marry him another concubine.

Wang Kefan felt a sense of pity in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's not so hard in the barracks, my body is great, I can live at least a hundred years old, you don't have to worry...... Well, if you want to give birth to a son, it's safer to have your 'ripe field', I happen to be at home these days, just work hard. ”

"What are you talking about, you!" Two red clouds flew up Fu Shihua's cheeks, his expression seemed to be disgusted and happy, he glanced at Wang Kefan, and then turned his head to greet Xicui and the others, ready to go down the mountain.

Wang Kefan's eyes swept away, but he stopped at a bluestone at the top of the mountain, Wang Kebin stood on it alone, his clothes fluttering in the mountain wind, motionless, looking like he was pretending to be lonely and deep.

"What's wrong with the sixth child, it's always weird these days." Wang Kefan is the fourth in the Wang family clan, and Wang Kebin is the sixth, and he has been called the sixth since he was a child.

"Second uncle? He's been in some trouble lately. A smile appeared on the corner of Fu Shihua's mouth.

"What do you mean?" Wang Kefan was a little strange.

Wang Kebin was originally a cheerful and lively young man, but this meeting was not normal, after the joy of the reunion of relatives passed, he was often distracted, as if there was something on his mind, today he was forcibly pulled to Yuelu Mountain to play, and it was like this on the mountain.

"That's the case......" Fu Shihua started from the beginning and explained "the troubles of young Wang Kebin" very clearly.

Hearing that Wang Kebin actually liked Zhang Kuang's daughter, Wang Kefan couldn't help but be stunned: "That, what does Miss Zhang look like, have you seen it?" ”

It is said that his daughter is like a father, Zhang Kuang's dignity is really not flattering, how beautiful his daughter can look, and Wang Kebin's soul is gone.

"I haven't seen it, but I heard that it is a first-class talent, and there is no one in Changsha Mansion to compare."

"If you blow blindly, you will definitely not be able to compare!" With a wave of his hand, Wang Kefan put the laurel crown of the first beauty in Changsha on his wife's head, and asked, "How do you know about this matter?" Did he tell you? ”

"That's not, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, before you got home, Zhang Guanfu sent someone to send a post, naming and inviting the second uncle, we have nothing to do with the Zhang Mansion, my mother and I felt strange, and I asked the second uncle to know the reason......"

Zhang Kuang made this gesture, which was beyond Wang Kefan's expectations, he figured out the other party's intentions in his heart, but his face was silent, and he asked again: "What did my mother say, why didn't you tell me?" ”

"My mother scolded the second uncle and replied directly to the post, you just arrived home in the past few days, and I didn't rush to say it for fear that you would be annoyed."

"Oh." Wang Kefan nodded, Liu is this character, he bears everything silently, and he doesn't want to add a burden to his family...... However, Wang Kefan has other thoughts on this matter.

"Yours, do you support the sixth?" Wang Kefan is ready to pull an alliance.

"I, of course I listen to my mother, but the second uncle's appearance makes people feel a little distressed, he is still young, and he hasn't reached the crown yet......" Fu Shihua seemed to have other ideas, but since Liu had spoken, she fully supported it.

"That's it, when I go home tonight, talk to my mother about it, and you come with me." Wang Kefan prepares to hold a family meeting. (To be continued......)