In the Xi'an General's Mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A cloud of strong cold air from 'Yongying' has been hovering throughout the General's Mansion for a long time. From the time the Fu Han army invaded Shanxi to the Shanxi governor Ebao abandoned Taiyuan and fled, Yongying's face never showed a smile. The palace maids and eunuchs of the entire general's mansion [brought by Beijing] and the maids and servants did not dare to gasp, for fear of alarming the heavy black clouds that flashed by lightning from time to time overhead.

On this day, the news of Zhang Jia III's entry into the customs reached Xi'an, and the Yongying people were not angry, but blackened.

Fucha's health is not very good, she was like this when she was in Beijing, and when she arrived in the northwest, she didn't know if it was not suitable for the climate, and it was even worse. But now no matter how bad her health is, she has to go out in person, Yongying has been sitting in the study since the afternoon, and now it is eight o'clock, and she is still sitting in it, not saying a word, not making a sound, and the candles are not lit. Fucha first sent a few simple and light foods from the kitchen, lifted the food box to the door of the study and said softly: "Master, the concubine has brought a few meals, you can use some." ”

She waited at the door of the room after she finished speaking, but no sound came from the room for a long time. The Fucha clan still has the guts of a wife, although her biggest backer Fu Heng is finished. "The concubine has come in." Pushing open the door, with a 'squeak', he stepped in.

The study was dark, and there was a lamp in her hand. The bottom of the flower pot under your feet stepped on the floor and made a 'dangdang' sound, which made the house very quiet.

Yongying's whole body was leaning back in the chair, her whole body was buried in the dark, and her whole body exuded an aura of loneliness, loneliness, and death. I don't know what's wrong, but the tears in Fucha's eyes flowed down suddenly.

Yongying has no ambitions, and their family has lived a comfortable life. Yongying's younger sister joined the Fucha family, and she married Fucha's concubine Fujin, even if he passed away, there was no possibility of inheriting the throne, but life was not too comfortable.

Now, Yong Ying is called the 'King of the Northwest' in Chen Han's newspapers, but the Fucha clan would rather he be an idle Baylor in the city of Beijing.

Of course, the Fucha clan did not come to the study alone, and the maids and eunuchs were far away, and when they saw that there was no roar in the study, but the lights were quietly lit, and a group of people were all relieved. This kind of thing is really dangerous, who doesn't know that the frontline has lost one after another for a while, the Manchu Qing Dynasty looks like the Great Xia is about to fall, and Yongying is holding endless fire in his heart.

When the Fucha clan decided to fire the cannon, the maidservants and eunuchs around her all advised her not to touch her head at this time. It's not that there are no other people in the house, although the originally favored Hetala clan was given a piece of overover by the dying blow of the exhausted You clan, and the whole person was beaten into the 'cold palace', and the name is still a side blessing, in fact, even a decent palace maid is not as good. But there are also side Fujin Zhao clan and Niu Co Lu clan in the house. What's more, the Fucha clan has been hit by artillery battles before, so do they still want to take the initiative to be bombed now? Fucha didn't listen.

"Amitabha, Amitabha, Buddha bless, Buddha bless, Fujin is fine, it's okay......" A group of people couldn't help crying with joy. The results couldn't be better.

"The master is not angry, the master is not angry. Fu Jin really went right this time, in the past, the master was angry and angry, and it was all side Fu Jin......"

More than a dozen sharp gazes made the fast-talking eunuch shut his mouth suddenly. In Yongying's Mansion, the only person who can call Fang Fujin without being named is the one who is the Ta La clan. Before the accident, that person was pampered by the sixth master in a thousand ways, and he was not able to conceive and give birth to a son and a half daughter, otherwise she would be in charge of the prince's mansion.

And for him, Tara's has not been pregnant, and it has been several years since he entered the house, and no good news has come out, and everyone from the beginning of the gloating to the later calm acceptance, they all thought that he Tala's was a hen that did not lay eggs, no matter how favored he was. Where did I think that she didn't lay eggs, people were intentional about contraception.

You isn't too sure, right? Otherwise, she should have poked it out a long time ago.

He Tara looked at her very unpleasantly, and before he Tara entered the mansion, You was still very favored. As a result, as soon as the Tatara clan entered the mansion, the situation of the You clan deteriorated. She struggled from the beginning, to the later avoidance, and finally begged for mercy, but the Tatara clan still forced her to a dead end.

The last hope was gone, and You Shi temporarily released a large bomb. Yong Ying ordered the imperial doctor to investigate, and found the raccoon grass from his Tala clan's room. This is Ding Meng's helpless move, Yongying dotes on her, then it is impossible to have sex only during the safe period, and she doesn't know much about traditional Chinese medicine, she didn't pay attention to the things that were solved by a condom in her previous life, so she could only use the old method in the folk and the court - Huanhuacao to prevent pregnancy.

She can follow Yongying first, which is also something she can't escape, but she feels that she shouldn't have children. The first is that her body is still young, and the second is that the Manchurian halal is about to fall, and having a child is a burden, a big burden. A very 'romantic' thought has never disappeared in her heart.

Of course, Jin Rou knows that this kind of thing must be kept secret, but there is no unventilated wall in the world, and no matter how secret it is, it will be revealed after a long time. It's just that You Shi is still not sure whether it is true or false, and he feels unbelievable. So it wasn't until she broke the news temporarily.

Whether it's really none of her has anything to do with it. She's the one who's going to die anyway.

So, the infinite scenery in Yongying's Mansion was planted in this way, in an unbelievable gaze, in the flames of Yongying's anger, it was completely planted.

She had no reason to defend herself, and she couldn't explain what justification her actions were. And Yong Ying feels like she is wearing a green hat. In this era, if any woman is unwilling to give birth to her man, how much of this woman's heart can really treat her man? Even if such a woman is physically clean, she feels that she is dirty psychologically. And he has been so kind to her for several years, as long as he thinks about it, Yongying is furious.

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"It's made of wool?"

Zhang Jia III put a pile of wool in front of him, and his eyes were about to fall to the ground. Don't think that others don't know anything about wool in Beijing all the year round, Qianlong toured the north, and he accompanied him every year. The Mongol princes of the steppes also sent him exquisite blankets, felts, leather mattresses and other items every year.

But Zhang Jia III never thought that wool could be woven like 'cotton'!

Chen Ming patted his chest, he was wearing the uniform of the general of the Fu Han Army, pure wool texture. "Hutuketu, it's not bad at all, absolute wool." The uniforms of officers above the military colonel level in the Fuhan Dynasty are completely pure wool, while the uniforms of officers and soldiers below the colonel level are cotton and wool blends.

"If you want to make the Mongolian people's lives rich and sufficient, grazing alone will not solve the problem." The resistance to natural disasters in this era is too poor, and it is impossible to say which year a white disaster will come over, and the birth of cattle and sheep will be all over.

There was no freezing technology in those days.

The Fu Han army has already set up a number of meat canning factories in Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua and other places, but this will not solve the big problem.

"Raising sheep and shearing sheep is the second way I found money for Mongolia. How many sheep can be raised in the vast prairie? I don't want to keep importing all the materials used in the army to make military uniforms from foreigners. At the same time, our dynasty will also pass on the technology of green storage to Mongolia. "Except for a small part of the cotton and wool blended fabrics, the rest of the fabrics used are imported from Britain and France.

Chen Ming said very solemnly. Zhang Jia III took the words out of his mind and felt reliable. Raising sheep is what the Mongols are good at. "It's just that the wool on the prairie seems to be ......" can't make any fine fabrics, right? And ......, "What is a green reserve?" ”

"Mongolian wool is really not good, too coarse, too short. Therefore, the sheep of Mongolia should be improved. Our DPRK has already begun to sign contracts with foreigners to import their fine-wool sheep from the West, and to use these Mongolian sheep as mothers to improve sheep breeds. Just like the Mongolian horse, little by little. "Chen Ming really doesn't know much about 'improved varieties', and he thinks it won't take too long.

"As for the Qingchu technique, it will be even more useful to the Mongols." Chen Ming explained to Zhang Jia III what Qingchu was, and he was laughing in his heart. There is no doubt about the usefulness of this technology for animal husbandry, but it will also allow many Mongolians to switch from nomadic herding to fixed-point living.

"In addition, the logistics department has decided to include milk powder and milk tofu [cheese] in military supplies, as well as wind jerky. This can be regarded as a small supplement for the Mongols. "The food supply of Chen Han's troops is now more and more diversified and high-calorie. Food consumption is expected to decline in the coming years.

Zhang Jia III respectfully saluted Chen Ming, what kind of actions Chen Han will have in the future, Zhang Jia III doesn't think about it, just look at the present, Chen Han is better than the Manchu Qing to the Mongolian civilians. The latter's rewards to the Mongols were all given to the tribal leaders, and how much could the Mongol princes share the rewards with their herdsmen?

However, with the method of the Han army, even if the herdsmen are exploited by the princes above, they can also benefit.

On the prairie, milk powder, milk tofu and dried meat are all essential items for ordinary herdsmen, and if these things that every household has can be exchanged for money, as Chen Ming said, it will be beneficial to do so. For the poor herdsmen on the grassland, it is already very good.

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In July, Ezo is a sunny spring landscape, with a variety of flowers dotting this peaceful land. Ever since Japan began to expand northward in the middle of the Muromachi period, they have been wandering in the southern part of Ezo for hundreds of years. In Japan, when people think of Ezo, there is only one Hakodate, and the only thing that comes to mind is the main city of the small Matsumae domain.

Their power in Japan's political and military map is insignificant. Even when I came to Edo to attend work, it was quiet.

What is attendance?

- It was the daimyo from all over the world who took turns to come to Edo to 'serve' the Tokugawa shogunate. And the daimyo, as a prince of a place, always have to bring a lot of people with him when he travels, then he will have to talk about a lot of money, Japan is mountainous, the transportation is inconvenient, and the shogunate has a limited date, and if you exceed it, you will be severely punished. Therefore, this measure was very effective, limiting the financial resources of the daimyo and wasting the time of the daimyo and obtaining the daimyo hostages (the wife of the daimyo had to stay in Edo), and the three-pronged approach greatly suppressed the antipathy of the local daimyos, especially the outer daimyos, and forced the daimyo to be loyal to the shogunate. This was an important reason why the Tokugawa shogunate was able to maintain a stable rule for 200 years.

So much so that Tokugawa Isaharu is now going to hold a big gathering of the 'world' daimyos, and he did not inform Matsumae Michihiro, the lord of the Matsumae domain, who had just returned to Hakodate. But at this moment, Hakodate, the main city of the Matsumae Domain in Hokkaido, is overshadowed.

When the generals of Edo were still worried about how to deal with Chen Han's future, the Matsumae Domain had already received a notice from China.

Just five days ago, a fleet of ships docked in Ishikari Bay. The tall ships fluttered red flags, and they ignored the obstruction of the Matsumae Domain's 'Ishikari Place' and chose to establish a foothold in the eastern part of the mountain, and a large area had already been encircled.

Ishikari Bay was a trading center between Japanese and Ainu people, as it was located at the mouth of the lower reaches of the Ishikari River, and the Ainu people from the inland area could easily reach it along the river. The Matsumae Clan made its fortune by fighting and trading with the Ainu, and now Chinese have suddenly appeared in its sphere of influence, and they are very arrogant and directly staking in Ishikari Bay, but Matsumae Clan is not even qualified to be angry.

Not to mention the comparison of the whole of China, but the fleet that came here could easily dismantle the Hakodate of the Matsumae Domain.

The Chinese people arrived at Hakodate by sea on Chinese ships, and described the Chinese fleet in Ishikari Bay in a frightening tone. There were twenty ships with cannons on their decks, and more than forty transports, and they moved three thousand people up at once.

Many of them are still North Koreans.

The Matsumae clan knew the current situation in Korea, and the Chinese relied on the islands outside the Korean land to vigorously support the Korean rebels. It allowed the remnants of the decaying Lee dynasty to gain a foothold in South Korea.

"The Chinese say they set up a stronghold in Ishikari Bay against the Russians. The Russians have already entered Outer Mongolia, where they have set up a stronghold, and in the future they will hoard troops and then use Ishikari Bay as a base to advance to Sakhalin, which we call Taihua Island. Strongholds will be set up along the way, completely cutting off the Russians' passage from land to sea, and at the same time, if necessary, they will also attack the Russians and Qing people on land from the sea. ”

"Ishikari Bay is not our land, nor is it Japanese land. They sent someone to inform us in a friendly manner. At the same time, it is also to be able to trade with us when necessary. ”

Matsuzen Michihiro's face was blue and white, this young man who was just twenty years old inherited the position of family governor at the age of twelve. The same Hashiji, the Shimazu family, the Date family and other forces that opposed the shogunate were very connected. The abandoned feudal government indulged in all kinds of entertainment, often went to Yoshiwara to play, and also took the lowly wandering girl [female branch girl] as a concubine, and spent a lot of money, for which he borrowed a lot of money from merchants, which led to financial constraints.

Matsumae Clan is now heavily in debt, and the Chinese have clearly revealed the meaning of 'communicating with each other', and Hakodate Ichiro Qiu Ye looked at Matsumae Michihiro's face, and his psychological side was a little uncertain about what he meant. However, the Matsumae clan owes too much money now.

"My lord, trading with China will enable the Matsumae Domain to gain great wealth and greatly ease the financial tension within the domain." As an unemployed vagrant, Ichiro Qiu Ye has no honor or honor in his eyes, money is everything, and now that the Matsumae Domain is in debt, it is better to gamble.

The wandering girl who was accepted as a concubine by Matsumae Michihiro was Qiu Yeichiro's cousin. And Qiu Ye Ichiro himself is not a member of the Matsumae Domain, he is an unemployed vagrant in Edo, in order to pay off his debts, he sold his cousin to Yoshiwara as a wandering girl, and was favored by Matsumae Michihiro, the lord of the Matsumae Domain at the time, and Qiu Ye Ichiro also stained his cousin's light and became Matsumae Keihiro's close attendant. After Ichiro Qiu Ye arrived at Matsumae Fukuyama Castle, he quickly established a good relationship with Matsumae Michihiro's other female roommates [concubines], and recognized them as sisters regardless of age. With his drill skills, Ichiro Khuno was appointed as the Hakodate Governor by Yoshihiro Matsumae ten years ago.

Masatoshi Araida, Hiroji Matsui and others glared angrily at Ichiro Kukino, a lowly villain with unworthy character who would only lure the feudal lord farther and farther away from the path of mediocrity.

"My lord, there are clear regulations in the "Laws of the Martial Family", and you must not knowingly violate it. This matter must be quickly communicated to Edo, and as for the Chinese talking about mutual communication, how can such a thing be done in the open? "Masatoshi Araida is not a die-hard conservative. What is he unwilling to solve the current financial constraints of the Matsumae Domain? However, Edo must not be given an excuse or a lever to interfere. (To be continued.) )