"Royal?" This time it was Wang Huan's turn to be stunned*, he had just come back from Zhaoqing, but he turned a corner in Huguang and delayed some time, why did someone chase Shizhu from Guangdong.

As soon as his heart turned, Wang Huan's murderous anger came up: Could it be that Li Chengdong's son was slaughtered by himself, and the court couldn't withstand the pressure of the Li family, so he sent his relatives to bring me back to ask me to be guilty?

Wang Huan sneered again and again, the people who dare to kill the head snake in Guangdong, will they be arrested because the other party is the emperor when they return to their own territory? Is Lao Tzu really a Confucius who reads and reads?

Ma Chongming saw that his expression changed, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth, and his heart was pounding, for fear that Uncle Ping Liangbo would have something to do, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to open the fragrant tea handed over by a group of enthusiastic villagers, and approached Wang Huan and asked in a low voice: "Then, uncle, but what's the matter?" Can you inform the small one, and make preparations. ”

When it comes to the royal family, it is either a great wealth or a catastrophe, and in the feudal dynasty, this is an eternal truth.

Looking at Wang Huan's face, it probably won't be rich or something, a catastrophe is coming, no matter what it is, you have to be well prepared to deal with it.

Wang Huan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need! This is the stone pillar, unless he brings the entire Ming official army, he can't do anything to me, don't panic, you mention me to explain to my father and fellow villagers, I will rush to the stone pillar. ”

He pointed to the team of prisoners of war at the back of the team, and said to Ma Chongming: "These people, all handed over to you, they are Han Chinese, but they are the pawns of the surrendered Tartars, send them to the mine for labor reform, and you will dispose of them." ”

Then he didn't wait for Ma Chongming to speak, straightened up on the horse, clenched his fists and waved around, which immediately aroused a burst of cheers from the people on all sides.

Wang Huan waved his hand to them apologetically, and then said something to Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo nodded, and shouted loudly: "The rear team will change to the front team, and after leaving the first team, the five hundred-man team will escort the captives into the city and settle with the horses, and the rest of the people will escort the adults to the stone pillar!" ”

The Kuizhou army immediately separated, and the five hundred-man team rushed to the end of the team in an orderly manner, changing guards with the people who had originally escorted the prisoners, and the team turned around on the spot, turned around neatly, and kept walking towards the official road leading to the stone pillar.

Looking at the strict military posture of the Kuizhou army with a rainbow of morale, the cheers of the people became more enthusiastic, and many big girls and daughters-in-law looked at the upright Kuizhou sergeant with a red face; Many young men and strong men looked at the white-armored robe with envy, and secretly decided that when the Kuizhou Army recruited soldiers this year, they must join it.

Wang Huan galloped in the middle of the queue, and kept looking at Wanshou City not far away, although he did not enter the city, the official road passed through the valley from Wanshou Valley, and the scene in the valley was in full view.

At this time, Wanshou Valley has been very different from when Wang Huan first built it, the city is towering, the fertile land is still there, but the large forests that were originally reserved for the reserve land have been cut down, a huge piece of flat land has been opened up, many factories surrounded by walls are crowded next to each other, a wooden plaque with black lacquer gold characters is hung high on the gate, and several huge bronzing words of "Kuizhou Military War Bureau" can be seen from a long distance.

At the four corners of the wall of the War Bureau, several tall watchtowers were uprooted on the ground, and soldiers with crossbows patrolled on them, and under the walls on all sides, groups of soldiers wearing white uniforms patrolled along the wall, looking from a distance, the heavily guarded posture made people dare not approach.

"Li Huaien is inside." Looking at the several chimneys emitting black smoke in the War Bureau, Wang Huan said in his heart: "I wonder if there has been any new progress in the research and development of the bird system after all this time?" This time, I brought back a lot of tiger squat cannons, can I cast the expected mortar cannons on this basis? This is all creation, and it is still unknown. ”

The horses galloped under the seat, and the houses of the War Bureau were continuous, almost occupying half of Wanshou Valley, which showed the grand scale of the War Bureau, it seems that Ma Chongming knew the importance and understood the status of the War Bureau in Wang Huan's mind, and spared no effort to make this huge appearance in less than two years.

Turning out of Wanshou Valley, running on the official road leading to the stone pillar, Wang Huan found that the road was more than twice as wide as before, enough to accommodate two carriages in parallel, all of which were rammed with loess, extremely solid, and some sections of the road even used bluestone slabs, and on both sides of the road, the drainage ditch was dug to ensure that the rain and rain were as worry-free as possible.

On the road, there is an endless stream of convoys coming and going, and the cars are loaded with ore dug from various mines, ready to be transported to various workshops for processing, and there are many newly opened post tea shops along the way, and the cars and horses stop among them, rest and eat, and the business is prosperous. If Emperor Chongzhen knew that the post station that had been cut and eliminated at the beginning reappeared in the stone pillar in this way, I don't know how to feel.

Li Dingguo and others came to Shizhu for the first time, and they felt new to see everything, especially when they saw the huge scale of Wanshou Valley like a mineral city, and the people here could live a subsistence life just by mining and working in the government-run workshop, they were all shocked, and when they heard that they worked in the factory and mine, if they did a good job and were rewarded by the government, their annual income was about the same as that of a hundred acres of fertile land, and their jaws were so shocked that their jaws fell to the ground.

The two secretly discussed, when they had time to spare, when Wang Huan was in a good mood, they must make a message to him and seek a benefit for the soldiers of the former Great Western Army who belonged to Wang Huan, so that those who were injured and discharged from the army could enter the factory to work, so as to avoid the misery of living on the streets in the future.

Rushing all the way, the stone pillar is in front of you, and the magnificent carved gatehouse of the Si Yamen is still majestic, and a group of people are looking forward to it under the gatehouse.

In the crowd, a woman in the middle who was wearing the first-class imperial court clothes, holding a pestle and a dragon head cane, and wearing a jade bead Luopa, was Qin Liangyu of the current dynasty pillar country.

At this time, Qin Liangyu's body was not as good as before, his head was full of green silk and turned white, his face was wrinkled like a ravine, desolate like flowing water, his straight waist was irresistibly rickety, and his figure seemed to be smaller than Wang Huan's first sight.

Wang Huan was on the horse, and he recognized the figure of his stepmother at a glance from a distance, and when he saw the outline of her aging, he couldn't help but feel sad, he could rely on the support of this old man today, and remembered that he took Chen Xiang and Xu Tiezhu to live here like down-and-out orphans, and Qin Liangyu recognized him as mother and son, as if it was just yesterday, and now things are wrong, Qin Liangyu's life is about to end, and he feels a burst of pain in his heart.

Before the horse stopped, the people had arrived, Wang Huan almost flew off the horse, galloped in front of Qin Liangyu, his eyes were full of tears, he knelt down with a "poof", and choked up with his head: "Mother, you are in poor health, and the child has failed to fulfill his filial piety by your side, the crime is great, please punish your mother!" ”

Ma Wannian also followed behind Wang Huan, crying and kowtowing, knocking the stone slab ground "bang".

Everyone present hid their faces, Qin Liangyu spread his crutches, one in both hands, gently helped him up, and said warmly: "Hurry up, hurry up, they are all people who are feudal generals, do this to make people gossip, get up and talk." ”

Pulling Wang Huan and Ma Wannian up, Qin Liangyu pulled the two of them, looking at them endlessly, a pair of eyes looked at the two of them, with a smile on their faces, and their eyes were full of the old man's satisfaction watching his children and grandchildren grow up strongly, and his kindness was overflowing.

"They are all good children, good children, my Ma family has a queen, and the old body will live up to his long-cherished wish in life, and raise two good sons for the country and the family!" Qin Liangyu pulled Wang Huan and Ma Wannian, chattering to himself all the way, laughing and walking, crossing the square in front of the yamen and walking towards the lobby.

A group of people followed behind him, and the Kuizhou army guarding it, led by Liu Yun, stayed at the foot of the mountain.

Among the people, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming, both of whom were acquaintances of the Xuan Xuan Envoy, Wang Huan was not empty, so he had to greet them with his eyes, but fortunately, his current identity is different, and everyone paid attention to it, and they all hugged their fists to show goodwill.

Before arriving at the lobby, Qin Liangyu stopped, turned his head sideways and said softly to Wang Huan: "Huan'er, I called you over in a hurry, one is because of my mother's selfishness, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I think about it; Second, it's because I want you to meet a distinguished guest. ”

Wang Huan listened attentively, but he was shocked when he heard the words, he had already seen that on the steps under the eaves of the lobby of the Xuanfu Envoy, a figure was already standing there, as if waiting for their arrival.

In front of the lobby of the Propaganda Envoy, he dared to stand taller than the Propaganda Envoy, he was definitely not an ordinary person, Wang Huan's heart moved, and he looked at it fixedly.

This person is wearing a crimson python robe, jade leather boots, and a scarf of mountains and rivers, standing on the steps, he has the momentum of a superior person, a pair of Danfeng eyes on a horse face, a white face without beard, eyebrows and eyes smiling, looking at Wang Huan laughing and chanting.

Where did this face seem to have been seen, Wang Huan thought for a while, his face changed suddenly, and he immediately recalled that it was a person standing beside Emperor Yongli in the Shuiyue Palace in Zhaoqing.

"Princess!" Wang Huan shouted out loud: "Why are you here?" ”

This person is none other than the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the first confidant of Yongli, Wang Kun.