Great Xia Dynasty, the tenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, spring, Hangzhou.

A hussar general's mansion. Today is very busy, the little maid, back and forth, the mansion is new, the bluestone ground has been washed clean, the lanterns on the corridor are also the lanterns in the city yesterday just sent, the red lanterns, there are two words "Lu Mansion".

A man with slightly white temples came out of the inner courtyard, the man was extremely tall, but his body looked a little fat, a pair of big hands behind his back, looking left and right, his face was not angry and arrogant.

A half-grown boy saw this man walk out of the courtyard gate and rushed to the end to greet him. This young man was also born unusually, with huge eyes, as big as copper bells, and a dark complexion, extremely strong.

After listening to the young man's salute, he smiled and said, "Father, if you don't get up again, the child will go and call you." Brother Kai went to Hangzhou today, and he will arrive soon, did his father forget? ”

The man with pale temples smiled and said, "Damn, I'm a little older, and I can't wake up from my sleep." Meng'er, in the future, you can no longer be called Brother Kai, you should be called His Royal Highness King Zhao. You used to not care about it, but now that you're all older, you should pay attention to it. That's how the old Wu Tou taught the Sprinkler family back then, to prevent criticism behind people's backs. ”

When the young man heard this, he smiled and said, "Father, Brother Kai doesn't care, it's okay." Besides, it seems close to call it like that. Since my father entered this Hangzhou with His Majesty thirteen years ago, my Lu family has been guarding here for generations, who in the world does not know the relationship between my Lu family and the royal family? Who in the world dares to criticize? ”

This fat man with pale temples is naturally a first-class hussar general Luda, who broke Hangzhou and killed countless people. went all the way south, and Zhao Huan fled in all directions, and finally fled into the sea and was chased back. Now Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan's father and son are here, but they are under house arrest in the old city of Hejian.

When Zheng Zhi went north, Luda was left in Hangzhou again, guarding the south of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang, the sun and the moon were like shuttles, and it had been thirteen years in the blink of an eye.

The half-grown boy is naturally Lu Meng, the son of Luda. If you want to say this name, Ruda was quite dissatisfied at the beginning, but it was the name taken before the military formation in the division, but Ruda couldn't refuse. After thirteen years of calling, it is also called smooth.

To say that this mother of Lu Meng is actually a Khitan. This Khitan woman was given by Muhan back then. But Ruda never married a wife after that, so he was just such a son.

The young man jumped out of his words, and when he heard Luda's ears, he heard Luda scold: "You fool, tell you to change your name, and you will change it." In the future, Kaier will be the prince, and he will be the son of heaven in the future. How can you call it whatever you want? ”

When the young man heard this, he pursed his lips, not daring to disobey, but he muttered: "In the military academy school, I have always called it that, and I don't see anyone criticizing it... ”

Ruda stretched out his hand to fight, but it was the young man who was witty and ran away in two steps. He said: "Father, I know, I know, I know, change my name, change it." ”

Luda smiled when he heard this, withdrew the hand he was going to beat, and scolded with a smile: "In the past few years, I have been going to school in Hejian, and I have taught you to look like such a leather monkey. ”

When the young man saw that Ruda withdrew his hand, he jumped back in a few steps, and said with a smile: "Zidi Military Academy, now that General Wu is the principal, my father is afraid that he will beat him." ”

When Luda heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Nonsense, Wu Song's fight, how can he be Lao Tzu's opponent, don't look at the rumors in the army that he killed the big worm with his bare hands." committed under Lao Tzu's hands, and threw him off the horse with a knife. ”

The young man looked disbelieving, and said in a slightly sneering tone: "Father blows, others say how brave my father is, in my opinion, it all depends on being blown out." Looking at my father's big belly now, I am afraid that even the horse will be crushed to the ground. Look at Uncle Wu, that body is called a general. ”

Maybe in this world, only this escaped teenager would say this about the hussar general Ruda.

When Luda heard this, he was already furious, and shouted: "How can this be true, you skin monkey, you have itchy skin, Wu Song is nothing." Take the knife, and see how many rare skills you have learned from Wu Song. ”

When the young man heard this, he jumped out a few steps again, with a smile on his face, and ran away, and said in his mouth: "In two years, in another two years, how can the child be afraid of you." ”

Luda saw that his muddy son was riding in the dust, and he chased after him with his legs, and his footsteps shook the bluestone floor to click, but it was this huge belly, which seemed to not be able to burden Luda at all, and his skills were still vigorous.

Father and son are in this mansion, and you chase me and flee. But it is the one who can see the left and right, covering his mouth and snickering.

Every year, when this Lu Meng comes home, there seems to be such a scene in this courtyard every three or five times. Half of the size of the boy has been beaten countless times, but he has not lost his life at all.

Shortly after the Spring Festival, before the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zheng Kai had already taken a boat to the south, went straight to Hangzhou, and came to pay New Year's greetings to Luda at the behest of Emperor Shengwu. After a few days, it is time for this Lu Meng to go north to enroll in school, and he should also face the saint on behalf of Ruda.

Hangzhou City is more prosperous than in the past, and now Hangzhou is an important place in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also a place where sea trade is distributed, and the third water division of Daxia is also stationed here.

Great Xia encouraged families and merchants who did not have a large amount of land to go to sea, and shipyards sprung up in various places, such as Hangzhou, where there were dozens of shipyards.

On Hangzhou Bay, at the wharf, a team of iron armor suddenly came, more than 1,000 people. Several large ships from the Bohai Sea are about to dock at Hangzhou Bay Wharf.

A large section of the dock was emptied, and everyone was speculating about where the big man came from. But I don't know which big man came to Hangzhou.

In front of more than a thousand iron armor heads, a half-grown teenager sat on a horse, looking at it.

Four large ships docked in the harbor, the ships were huge, the ships were covered with sails, and the hulls, up and down the three rows, were all black holes, and the holes were wrapped in oiled paper. But everyone knows what this oil paper wraps in.

"One, two, three... Twenty-four... Wow... Twenty-four cannons on one side of the hull, and forty-eight on both sides... It's scary! "The people on the dock are naturally not surprised that there are guns on board, and in recent years, it has been rare for ships without guns. But it's a ship with so many guns, it's really a little scary.

"Strange things, I haven't seen them, haha..." The person next to him had a look on his face, obviously having a great insight.

The man who counted the artillery in front of him hurriedly asked: "Brother Tai, please ask, where did this ship come from, and why is it loaded with so many cannons?" ”

"At the end of last year, I went to Cangzhou with the owner to transport goods, and on the Cangzhou Military Port, there was a big ship like this, which was a new naval warship from the Cangbei Shipyard of the imperial court. When I first saw it, I was as horrified as you were. This ship is invincible in the world. After the man finished speaking, he looked left and right, and he saw the admiration of the people left and right, and he felt satisfied.

Looking at the big ship again, a team of iron armor first walked down, and then a man who looked like a man in a fancy costume got off the boat. Although the boy was dressed as a literati, he was equipped with a long knife in the military style around his waist, which was eye-catching.

This kind of dress is also common now, and the Son of Heaven is very martial. The literati with swords also became fashionable. If you can still dance a few times with a sword, it will be even more glorious.

The half-grown boy on the dock was dressed in iron armor, dressed extremely neatly, and saw that the boy in a fancy costume was coming off the boat, and hurriedly beat his horse and galloped forward, until he ran to the head, before he dismounted, and said with a smile: "Kai. Your Highness, you are finally here, and you have been waiting for me so hard. ”

On the dock, everyone was guessing who this young man was, and he was such a big man. But he couldn't hear Lu Meng's words, otherwise he was afraid that he would fall to his knees.

The person who came was naturally Zheng Kai, so he heard Zheng Kai laugh and said: "You guy, isn't it just more than a month apart?" ”

Zheng Kai, the king of Zhao, was sealed by the previous dynasty, but the new dynasty is still called like this. As for the position of the prince, it is also a sure thing. Emperor Zheng Zhi had three sons and eight daughters. The eldest son, Zheng Kai, is already nineteen or twenty years away. The second son, Concubine Li, was born and was only three years old. The youngest son was born to a princess of the previous dynasty, and he was less than a year old.

"Hey, hey... The rest of the month is also waiting for me so hard. Lu Meng smiled innocently, looking very much like Luda more than ten years ago.

Zheng Kai is five or six years older than this Lu Meng, and in the military academy, he is also Lu Meng's commander, and this Lu Meng has always been behind Zheng Kai, and he is also covered by Zheng Kai, otherwise Lu Meng will not know how many wronged beatings he will suffer in recent years. Even the son of a hussar general must be beaten. Now that he has grown into a half-sized child, his body has also risen, but he has also become a bully.

Lu Meng is still out of age, but Zheng Kai has already passed that age, he is a lot calmer, and he asks again, which is already the right thing: "Uncle Lu has been in good health recently?" ”

"It's so good, no meal is full of wine and meat, you can drink two or three bowls of wine, and you have to eat a few catties of meat. Up and down the house, he has the largest amount of food, and he is placed in ordinary people's homes, I am afraid that he will not be able to support an old man like him. Lu Meng replied with a smile, he was a little less in awe of this father, and he also joked in front of Zheng Kai.

Zheng Kai also laughed when he heard this, raised his hand and knocked Lu Meng's head with a smile, and only said: "Uncle is not old, he is in his early forties, how can he be an old man." You make fun of your father, and you want to beg for it. ”

Lu Meng's head hurt, touched it a few times, and he was not angry, and said with a smile: "The old man likes to joke like this, and he likes it tightly." ”

When Zheng Kai heard this, his face was slightly envious. envies this father and son, but it is also Zheng Zhi, there are fewer and fewer such easy-going, and as Zheng Kai gets older, he becomes more and more strict.

Zheng Kai looked at the onlookers left and right, and said, "Lead the horse and go to your house to pay a visit first." ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he beckoned back, and a team of healthy horses was led forward. Lu Meng smiled again and said: "Your Highness came at the right time, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival in Jiangnan, but it is lively, the little lady in Jiangnan is even more extraordinary, and I have arranged everything tomorrow." ”

Zheng Kaiyou looked at Lu Meng and replied, "I'll take a look at the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River tomorrow." ”

Lu Meng heard Zheng Kai agree, and said again and again: "Good, excellent." ”

Everyone got on their horses and went straight to Hangzhou City. Now the city wall in the east of Hangzhou City has basically been demolished, leaving only some large city gate buildings. From the wharf to the city, there are more than ten miles of ground, but it has become a street, and on the street, the horseshoe stepped on the concrete floor, and the sound shook the sky.

Luda sat upright, and Zheng Kai stepped forward to bow.

Luda stepped forward to hold Zheng Kai's hand, and laughed heartily: "Eat wine, eat wine, eat wine, Sprinkle family has something to ask you." ”

Zheng Kai and Luda are naturally too familiar to be more familiar, and the nickname of "Big Man with Birds" is all derived from Luda. Every year in spring, sooner or later, Zheng Kai has to come to Hangzhou to visit Luda. If Luda goes to the river, Zheng Kai will inevitably prepare a banquet to entertain.

Eating and drinking is natural, Luda has always been a booze, Zheng Kai can accompany him for a while, but he can't bear it, usually if he entertains Luda, he always has to pull some helpers, but in this Lu Mansion, Zheng Kai will inevitably get drunk once a year. But he is drunk and happy, and Ruda is now good at storytelling, and the joy is in those stories.

After drinking a bowl, Zheng Kai had already opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle has something to ask?" ”

Luda put down the wine bowl, his face was slightly solemn, and he said: "In the autumn of last year, I wrote a book to the family and wanted to go back to Hejian, but I didn't see a reply, so I asked you about it. ”

When Zheng Kai heard this, he was also a little more serious, and replied: "Uncle, the little nephew knows a little about this matter, after the completion of the military reform in the past few years, I am only afraid of using troops this year, and the Privy Council is discussing, and the map of the martial arts school has been moved to the Privy Council." Uncle is afraid that he will not be able to return to the river, so he should go south. ”

When Luda heard this, he was pleasantly surprised, and he didn't care about going back to Hejian, so he asked, "Could it be that the Southeast Theater also needs to use troops?" ”

The term Southeastern Theater also speaks of military reform. The Privy Council is now on an equal footing with the Government Council. Under the Privy Council, there are nine war zones. Southeast, Northwest, Quadripartite Theater, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, and four more theaters, plus the Gyeonggi Garrison, are the nine theaters. The commander of the war zone, once every four years.

Only Ruda has been in charge of the Southeast Theater for ten years. In this southeastern land, Ruda has killed countless people. The remnants of the previous dynasty also counted the most places in the south of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang, and there were not many real rebellions, but they were these trivial thieves, countless, often involving many families behind, and even a few years ago, there was something about the prince of the Zhao family, and he wanted to oppose the Xia and Song Dynasty.

Ruda is here, and naturally he is turned upside down. It is also the main reason why Luda stayed in Hangzhou. In the past two years, these things have died down, and Ruda also knew that his errand was completed, and last autumn, he took the initiative to return to Beijing.

Now as a soldier, the salary is extremely high, and there are even as many as ten times a month, and benefits such as food are also distributed. The world's soldiers and horses, a total of 1.3 million. Every year, the Privy Council sends people to the local area to assess military affairs, and the inspection department is also becoming more and more active, investigating and punishing officials and generals everywhere.

"Uncle, it's not just the southeast that wants to use soldiers, but the whole country, I'm afraid they all have to use soldiers. The treasury has become more and more abundant in recent years. Military reform has also been largely completed. The Southern Theater is going south to Dali, and the Southwest Theater is afraid that it will enter the southern part of Tibet. The Southeast Theater followed the naval division southward, passed through Qiongzhou, ascended to Siam, and cast a city to guard the waterway. Zheng Kai knew all these things, and received the news earlier than Ruda.

Hearing this, Ruda nodded, and there was a new errand. He opened his mouth and asked: "The affairs of the south are all small things. But what is the arrangement in the Privy Council for this matter of the northeast and northwest? ”

"In the northeast, the Jurchens can't get out of Liaoyang now, and the grassland has also cast a few strong cities, which is insignificant. It's just a method of extermination, and there are different opinions in the DPRK and China. Wu Xianggong said that he would set fire to the plains, but many people in the DPRK and China did not agree. There is no good way. Xing Father still agreed with Wu Xianggong in his heart, but he didn't say anything. Liu Xianggong of the Northwest also entered Beijing at the end of this year, saying that he had met the Khitans in the Western Regions, and there were several major battles, each with victory and defeat. It's also a mess. Zheng Kai knew everything, but there was nothing to hide with Luda.

Luda frowned when he heard this, gritted his teeth, let out a lot of anger, and said: "The prime minister is really old, and the old Wu Tou said that he would set fire to the forest, but the prime minister disagreed, and until now, he still doesn't agree." According to the opinion of the Sajia family, they set a fire and burned the forest to ashes, and then saw where these Jurchen mice were still hiding. The border of the Western Regions is just Yelu Dashi, and there can be a few Khitans, and Liu Zhengyan, this kid, is too late. ”

Zheng Kai saw that Ruda's words were fierce, and he didn't answer, but just took out a long box from behind him, and said with a smile: "Uncle, my father asked me to bring a strange thing to my uncle to see, it is General Ling's latest work." ”

Hearing this, Luda looked at the box in Zheng Kai's hand and said, "The things that Ling Zhen makes have always been good things, open them and take a look." ”nt

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