The second day of the first month of the month. Chen Cao! Dr. Xu was going to Qiantang to visit Feng Lingbo's mother and son, and Xu Miao had already sent a letter to him, and he could not return from Jingzhou this year

Mrs. Lu, Zhang Wenjun, Xiao Daofu, and Lu Weirui went to Huating on the same road, but they were not Mrs. Lu's hospitality. Chen Caozhi and his sister-in-law Ding Youwei lived in Huating for two more days, crossed the Songjiang River on the sixth day of the first month and returned to their hometown, and met in Huating on the sixteenth day of the first month of next year, and entered Jiankang together.

Run'er saw the male and female white falcons held by Huang Xiaotong. I like it very much, and ask what is the name of the double falcon?

Huang Xiaotong said: The villain only calls them big white and white. ”

Run'er asked Chen Caozhi with a smile: "Why didn't Uncle Ugly give this pair of handsome carvings a good name?" ”

Chen Caozhi: "Leave it to Run'er to name."

Run'er was overjoyed, her beautiful eyes turned, and she said: "The male eagle is called the sky, and the poem "Dirty flying falcon, its flying sky." Allusion, the female eagle is called Fuyao, with "Zhuangzi", the one who swayed up 90,000 miles "Uncle Ugly said it's good?" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled: "Very good! Let Xiaotong be trained well, and in the future, this pair of white falcons will be named after the sky and Fuyao. ”

Run'er smiled like a flower, all the way to see how Huang Xiaotong trained the double falcons, released and recycled, and after retracting them, he wanted to cover the heads of the double falcons with a cloth cover, once. After the male falcon flew out, he also caught a fox and came back, which made Run'er very happy

Run'er sat in the car, Dan Sheng rode on a horse and told Run'er that he went to Taihang to hunt with Murong in Handcheng, there were big lynxes, monkeys, black cranes, brown horse chickens, and hares.

Ran Sheng knew that Run'er didn't like his beard, so he sharpened the razor last night and shaved his cheeks all over the stubble, thinking that he was much more handsome, and replied: "Shaved, I will shave it every three days in the future." ”

Run'er let out an "oh" and said in her heart: "Without a beard, why do you look so awkward." But he said: Xiao Sheng, are you dancing with knives and guns all day now, and you don't study anymore? .

"How dare you." Ran Sheng hurriedly said: "As long as I have free time, I can't let go of the scroll, and I humbly ask my brother for advice." Run'er smiled "Ge": "I can't let go of the scroll, this word is used well, is Xiao Sheng a Confucian general?" So what books have you read over the past year?

Ran Sheng replied: "I have been familiar with the Analects for a long time, and I originally wanted to continue to read Mao's poems, but my brother said that Mao's poems can be read or not, and asked me to read "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period" directly, as well as "Taigong Liutao", "Wei Xuanzi", "Sun Tzu", I can remember them generally. ”

Run'er looked at Ran Sheng in surprise: "Okay, I'll test you"

Ran Sheng's waist was straight, and he was engrossed, as if he was facing a great enemy.

Run'er asked: Xiao Sheng talked about the battle of Song An Hongshui in the twenty-second year of Lu Beigong. ”

Ran Sheng thought nervously and replied: "I remember this, Song Xianggong led troops to save Zheng Guo, and fought with Chu in Hongshui, and the army Sima Ziyu suggested that the Chu army should attack it while it was halfway through, but Song Xianggong talked about benevolence and righteousness and refused." Ziyu also suggested that the Chu army should attack before the formation was formed, but Song Xianggong refused, the Chu army was already outnumbered, and Song Xianggong delayed the fighter plane, and the result was a big defeat, this pedantic Song Xianggong said that the gentleman would not be seriously injured and would not capture Ermao, which was really ridiculous. ”

Run'er praised: "Xiao Sheng is right. is clearly organized, so please try to discuss the battle of Song Chuhong and don't get tired of cheating. ”

Dansheng was praised, his spirits were greatly lifted, he thought about it, and said: "Sun Tzu said that the soldiers were treacherous, and he said that the old soldiers were established by deception. Brother said to rule the country with righteousness, and use soldiers with odds"

Run'er couldn't stop laughing, Dansheng was silent, thinking that he was wrong, and he was panicking. Listen to Run'er said: "Governing the country with righteousness and using soldiers with odds, this is not what Uncle Ugly said, it is in "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Essays". ”

Ran Sheng scratched his head and said: "I haven't read "Lao Tzu", this is what Brother said to me when he explained Zuo Chuan

Run'er said with a smile: "You're right." Please continue to argue and never tire of deceit. ”

Dansheng pondered what Chen Caozhi had told him and his own understanding, and said: "Fighting with soldiers is not tired of deceit, especially when the enemy is outnumbered, the courage is not enough, it is accompanied by trickery, you can attack when the enemy has just assembled, you can attack when he is not eating, you can attack when he is tired from the long road, you can attack when the enemy is waiting to cross the river, in short, seize every favorable opportunity to defeat the enemy, this is the most important thing, only the winner can speak of benevolence, I win, then it is okay to be merciful." If you don't kill Ermao, it's all my words. If I fail, then plead with others. If someone else doesn't give it and wants to kill me, can I reason with him?.

Chen Caozhi rode on the black horse, nodded frequently when he heard it, and praised: Xiao Sheng spoke clearly and very well. ”

Run'er also praised: "It's really three days." When it seems that Xiao Shanda has made progress, the ugly uncle rarely praises people

Ran Sheng couldn't help but be overjoyed, and secretly determined to be a famous general with both wisdom and bravery.

After Jiaxing on the ninth day of the first month, the clouds were dense, the weather became colder, and it began to snow in the afternoon. Lai Fuxi said: "It is good to have a big snow, and there will be a good harvest of wheat next year." "Since the cold autumn of September, there have been several rains in Sanwu, and the drought has eased, or it would be better if there was another heavy snow.

Run'er sat in Chen Caozhi's carriage, which was given by Sima Yu, the king of Chang'an. Gorgeous and comfortable, Run'er leaned against the car window to watch the snowflakes fall one after another, and talked softly to Xiaochan, the happiness in her heart was like a few wisps of agarwood, curling up, rising, dissipating, and rising

Chen Caozhi was looking at the materials of the two Huaizhou chronicles and the old generals of Yuzhou compiled by Xie Daoco, and pondered the various difficulties faced by the Beifu Military Association in rebuilding next year. First of all, money and grain, Sizhou is an empty shelf, without any tax income, which has to be obtained from the imperial court and Huan Wen. Speaking of the severe drought in Jiangdong this year, the national strength was damaged, the elk was empty, and the rebellion of Sima Xun was initially determined. It is conceivable that there will be many courtiers who oppose the Northern Expedition in the next year, but if you don't seize the golden opportunity of the civil strife in Yan after Murong Ke's death, then the Eastern Jin Dynasty will have no chance to restore the homeland of the Central Plains

As soon as the carriage was bumped, Chen Caozhi came back from his contemplation, raised his eyes and saw Run'er's bright eyes looking at him, and said, "What are you looking at, don't you look at the snow?" ”

Run'er smiled and said, "What does the snow look like? Scattering salt in the air can be imitated, but if Liu Wuyin saw Chen Caozhi laughing, he said: "Uncle Ugly, take a break, don't work too hard, talk to Run'er?" ”

Chen Caozhi said "um" and put away the silk book. Ask: "What does Run'er want to ask, just ask." ”

Run'er pointed to the silk book,... Into "Uncle Ugly." This was written by another Uncle Blade. Entering Beijing next year. Run'er Gong: "What about the two ugly uncles?" Is it the left ugly uncle, the right ugly uncle, or is there a better name?

Xiaochan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Chen Caozhi sat down and said: "This is indeed a problem, wait for Uncle Ugly to think about it, bother." ”

Run'er couldn't laugh well, and finally stopped laughing, and said, "It's better not to call the ugly uncle left and right, anyway, it's all ugly uncle, oops." It's amazing to think about it, Run'er heard of the good name of "Lu Weirui and Yongxu Xie Daoyun" when she was young; I never thought that I would become a family with Run'er, it's incredible! Suddenly, he thought of something and asked: "Uncle Ugly, Run'er heard Huang Xiaotong say that in Handcheng, there is a princess Xianbei chasing after her to marry Uncle Ugly, right?"

Chen Caozhi smiled, this niece was too curious. After asking endlessly, he replied, "That's a rumor, nothing like that." ”

Run'er opened her eyes wide and carefully checked Chen Caozhi's expression, and said, "Uncle Ugly Hugh wants to hide it from Run'er, and say that it is a rumor about the little lady Lu and Uncle Ugly." In the end, it's true; A few months ago, the matter between the lady of the Xie family and the ugly uncle was also said to be a rumor, and it became a real one again."

Chen Caozhiqu flicked his finger on Run'er's smooth forehead: "Do you want Uncle Ugly to be detained by Xianbei people and not return to Jiangdong?" ”

Run'er "Gege" said with a smile: "Uncle Ugly can bring that Xianbei princess back quietly, how interesting is that, Xianbei people are not angry, Sister Xiaochan, don't you say?" ”

Xiaochan smiled: "Then your ugly uncle will flee all the way to Jiangdong, and the Xianbei white slave will chase after him." ”

Chen Caozhi also smiled: "That Princess Xianbei is only twelve years old, and she has a bad temper, what do you bring back."

"Ah, it's only twelve, only a year older than me!" Run'er was taken aback, and her white and flawless face was smeared with a layer of blush

In the afternoon of the twelfth month of the lunar month, a group of people braved the severe cold, rolling ice and snow back to Qiantang, Qiantang County Lingga Mengxiong knew the news, welcomed out ten miles away, the net to Feng's mansion, has not yet sat down, Ding Yi, Ding Xiashang, Ding Chunqiu father and son also arrived, please Chen Cao and his party to Ding's villa to rest, Feng Mansion can not live such a poisonous person, Feng Mengxiong ordered people to set up a banquet, and then go to Ding's villa after a full meal

Xu Miao's wife Feng Lingbo came out to meet Ah Weng and his brother-in-law Chen Caozhi, and the nanny held Xu Miao's son Xu Huo, who was not yet one year old, and also came out to meet.

Chen Caozhi's marriage to the Empress Dowager has also been passed to Qian Tang, Feng Lingbo congratulated the righteous brother: "The marriage of the righteous brother is really a great joy." ”

Feng Mengxiong, Ding Yi and others couldn't believe it when they first heard the news of Chen Caozhi's double marriage, it was already difficult to marry a Lu girl, let alone marry a girl from the Xie family of Chen County at the same time, and the northern and southern Shi clans rarely marry, but this Qian Tang Chen clan originated from Yingchuan, which can be said to be a Beidi Shi clan, but it has been five generations in Jiangdong, and it is a southerner, but no matter what. It is unimaginable to marry the two major gate girls in the north and south at the same time, Chen Caozhi just did it, Ding Yi was extremely shocked, and at the same time he was deeply glad, if Chen Caozhi's mother died of illness and he resolutely did not allow Ding Youwei to return to Chenjiawu for funeral, then now the life of Qian Tang Ding is very difficult, how can Ding Licheng move from the distant Xishu to the magistrate of Wuning County!

After the Chen family of the Tang Dynasty became in-laws with the Lu family of Wu County and the Xie family of Chen County, the status of the family soared, and the Ding family and the Chen family were in-laws, and the prestige of the clan naturally rose. If you take a wrong step, the future of the Ding family will be completely different, Chen Caozhi is already a Sima of Liupinzhou when he is weak, and he will build a soldier in Beifu, and he has a great future, and the children of the Ding family will rely on Chen Caozhi to carry one in the future

Chen Caozhi rested overnight in Ding's villa, and on the morning of the 13th, he went to visit the original loose rider of Zhi Shifu at home, Quanli can be said to be the first person to appreciate and promote Chen Caozhi, and now seeing Chen Caozhi's promotion and fame in the world, he feels that his face is bright, and Chen Caozhi's uncle Jiang has lunch

In the afternoon, Chen Caozhi visited Du Zigong of the Qiantang Heavenly Master Dao, because of the rebellion of Lu La, the imperial court also issued some bans on the Heavenly Master Dao, such as not allowing the teaching of male and female achi, the Heavenly Master Daoist is not allowed to hide weapons privately, and the birthday celebration of the emperor is not allowed to gather on a large scale except for the birthday celebration of the emperor of the three officials, etc., Du Zigong in order to avoid trouble. Recently, he has also lived in a simple place, Chen Caozhi came to visit Du Zigong, and it was on behalf of the emperor Sima Yu to appease Du Zigong, and the followers of the Heavenly Master Dao were all over the Jiangdong Prefectures. Although Lu La took advantage of the rebellion of the Heavenly Master Dao, the imperial court still could not suppress the Heavenly Master Dao too much. Can only be appeased, Du Zigong is very prestigious among the believers of the Heavenly Master in Jiangdong, and his conduct is noble, and he has not heard of any moral defects, so Chen Caozhi suggested to the emperor Sima Yu before leaving Beijing, using Du Zigong's influence to appease the Heavenly Master and the Taoists, not to make the Heavenly Master Tao and the affected people incite rebellion, Emperor Sima Yu gave Du Zigong a volume of "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Texts" copied by the imperial pen and a number of small silk Du Zigong is happy, thank the emperor

Early in the morning of the 14th, Chen Caozhi had an early lunch. With his sister-in-law Ding Youwei, Zong Zhi, Run'er, Chen Fu, Chen Zhen, Ran Sheng and a line of more than 40 people crossed the Qiantang River back to Chenjiawu, the Qiantang River water that was almost cut off has increased in recent days, although it has not yet recovered the Haohao soup soup of the past, but it is not like a stream, look at the Fenglin ferry on the other side, the Chenjiawu people who learned the news yesterday have been waiting, since the old patriarch Chen Xian below, dozens of men, women and children of the whole clan greeted them together and waited for Chen Caozhi's return by the riverside, and there were hundreds of Chen tenants, one by one, beaming, It is even happier than three and a half years ago that the Qian Tang Chen clan is a scholar family, and they are married to the Lu clan of Wujun and the Xie clan of Chen Xie, and there are two of them. What a magical event!

The snow had stopped yesterday, and the snow on the ground was about half a foot thick, and on the road from Banlin Ferry to Chenjiawu, the snow had been trampled into slush by wheels and footprints, and the ox carts drove by, rattling

Chen Caozhi sat on the ox cart of the fourth uncle Chen Xian, and with the light toss of the ox cart, he reported to the fourth uncle about the marriage of the envoy to the north and the Empress Dowager Chongde

When the news that Chen Caozhi was taken captive by the Xianbei people came back, the old patriarch Chen Xian was worried, regardless of old age and decrepitude, and wanted to enter Beijing to try to rescue Caozhi's nephew, it was Xie Daotao who advised him not to enter Beijing for the time being, saying that Zizhong would return safely, and sure enough, within a month, the news of the return of the sixteen nephews came back. Then Ding Youwei's brother Ding Licheng came to Chenjiawu to visit, and said that the power of the sixteen nephews was transferred to Wuning County as the county order. The news that surprised the people of Chenjiawu kept coming, and the Industrial Association was promoted to the middle supervisor of the Qipin Palace, Chen Yu was promoted to the captain of the Qipin Cavalry, and Chen Caozhi was promoted to the Sima of the Sixth Rank Sizhou. And three days ago, Feng Mengxiong sent someone to send a message, saying that the Empress Dowager Chongde gave marriage, Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui, the girl of the Lu family of Wu County, and Xie Daoroller, the girl of the Xie family of Chen County, would tie the knot. Today, I finally looked forward to Chen Caozhi's return, and listened to Chen Caozhi talk about those things in person, so I was convinced that the Qian Tang Chen family has been prosperous since then, and the fifteen-year-old Chen Caozhi bumped into his sixth uncle Chen Man in the ancestral hall, and what he said was loud: "My father is the county magistrate of Bapin, and my brother is the magistrate of Bapin County, why can't I be a character official with the privilege of exempting from servitude?" More than five years have passed, and Chen Caozhi has done it. He led the Chen clan step by step on the road to revitalization

The old patriarch Chen Xian smiled from ear to ear, and calculated: "So let's leave on the tenth day of the first month." Sixteen rushed to Huating to meet the people of Lufu. At the end of the first month, I will go to Jiankang, and then I will have a gift of accepting and asking for names with Lu and Xie Er, and Najib's bride price should also be prepared, in duplicate, which is biased and unbiased."

Chen Caozhi said: "This is going to have Uncle Lao."

The old patriarch Concubine Chen smiled: "This is a happy thing. No matter how busy and tired it is, it is worth it. He suddenly raised his eyes and sighed: "Alas, if the seventh brother wife is still alive. I know how good it is to know this great joy today! ”

Chen Caozhi sighed, no matter how good and excellent he is, it's a pity that his mother can't see it, this is a defect that can never be made up!

Chen Caozhi returned to Chenjiawu, first went to meet the elders of each room, and did not have time to eat, that is, he and his sister-in-law Ding Youwei, Zong Zhi and Run'er went to the Chen Cemetery in Jade Emperor Mountain to worship Chen's mother Li, Ran Sheng, Jing Nu, Huang Xiaotong, Xiaochan, and Chen's mother Li's old maid Yinggu also followed

The snow-capped mountains are covered in silver. The mountain pine is full of ice and snow and low branches, the road up the mountain has been built into a winding staircase, no longer as before in the rain and snow weather is slippery and difficult to walk, Chen Caozhi stood in front of his mother's tomb, four years ago he guarded the tomb of his mother when the hundreds of pine shoots have now become a forest, the wood is still like this, how can people be embarrassed!

Sweep the snow in front of the tomb and place five plates on the left. On the right, there are six ear cups, round dishes, stacked cases and liquor, and Ding Youwei, Chen Caozhi, Chen Zongzhi, and Chen Run'er worship in turn

Chen Caozhi looked at the place where his mother was resting, thinking of his mother's love, and couldn't help but cry, only to hear the old maid Yinggu chanting on the side: "Lady." A-Ying came to see you again, A-Ying is so happy today, the six ugly Langjun is back, the six ugly Langjun is about to get married, and he wants to marry two wives, one of them. It's the girl of the Lu family of Wu County, who came to visit the lady that year, and the lady likes her very much, isn't it? After the death of the lady, Lu Xiaoniang also sent a maid to funeral for her mother, and Lu Xiaoniang was already a member of Chen Jiawu; Another Xie girl, the lady has also seen, it is that Zhu Langjun, it turns out that she is not Zhu Langjun, she is the Xie girl, and she is pretending to be a man for the sake of the six ugly Langjun. They're all good boys, aren't they? Wait for the six ugly Langjun to officially get married next year, let the six ugly Langjun take the two little ladies of the Lu family and the Xie family to visit the lady together,"

The old maid Yinggu chattered, as if Chen's mother Li was still sitting on the bed and gossiping with her, Chen Caozhi, Ding Youwei and others were already in tears

From this day on, Chen Jiawu was busy up and down, one is to prepare for the New Year, and the other is to prepare for the Chen clan elders to enter Jiankang next year. Chen Xian, Chen Man, and Ding Youwei all want to go to Jiankang, if Chen Man used to have some problems with Chen Caozhi, but now he is completely abandoned, the honor of the family is everything, and the sixteen nephews add glory to the Chen clan. Chen Man can still have any dissatisfaction, and the rapid expansion of Chen's family business in recent years is something that Chen Man never dreamed of before, Chen's two-season rice has been a great success, and the yield per mu has almost doubled. The land of Chen's manor has expanded to more than 300 hectares, an increase of more than half from 200 hectares at the end of last year. Chen's forging shop has expanded again and again, and now has nearly 100 blacksmiths, blacksmiths from several nearby counties have all come to Chenjiawu, and this year a total of tens of thousands of farm tools have been built, all of which are sold by Gu's on behalf of them, and the profit is very considerable; Chen's tea garden has now expanded to 4,000 acres, with an annual output of more than 500,000 catties of Gexian tea, and it is still in short supply, because Dongshan Xie Anshi likes to drink Gexian tea, so it is popular in Jiangzuo; The six livestock breeding in Chen's Manor and the fishery in Mingsheng Lake are increasing year by year, and the momentum is gratifying; Chen's papermaking and imitation weaving did not hesitate to pay a lot of money to skilled craftsmen with technical expertise, and if there was innovation, they were rewarded heavily, and Chen's private soldiers have increased from the original 80 to 160, of which 80 are not engaged in farming. He was in charge of patrolling, and the other 80 were trained in the spare time. In peacetime, it can immediately form combat power if there is an emergency. These are Jing slaves responsible for training, the family is big, if there is no strong arm, it is difficult to ensure that the homeless people will not come to loot, the current Chen family's private soldiers are second to none in the counties near Qiantang, this is the family plan set by Chen Caozhi at the beginning

But all this, if there is no strong backing of the imperial court for the official's clansmen, the family's land and money will not be able to be kept no matter how much money is accumulated, just as last year the Zhu clan colluded with the He family to frame the Chen family, if there is no Chen Caozhi, then the family industry will fall apart in a blink of an eye, Chen Man is now well aware of this, so in order to prepare for Chen Caozhi's marriage ceremony with Lu and Xie Ernu, he did his best and spared no expense, because Chen Caozhi's marriage is not only a matter of the Chen family in the West Building. It is the top priority of the entire Qiantang Chen clan, and the marriage with the two major lords of Lu and Xie has improved the prestige of the Chen clan in a thousand days

On the third day of the first lunar month, Chen Caozhi also rode to Shanyin to visit the heads of the Kong, Wei, and Xie families, and had a long talk with Dai Shu, the history of the Huiji, because of the tight time. Yuyao couldn't go, and Chen Caozhi specially wrote a book and sent someone to Yu Pre, all in order to consolidate the friendship with the Huijishi clan

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Chen Caozhi returned to Qiantang.

On the afternoon of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Chen Jiawu's motorcade crossed the Qiantang River, with Chen Xian and Chen Man, the rest of Ding Youwei, Chen Shang's wife, Chen Caozhi's uncles, nephews, and servants, as well as Ran Sheng's 20 sergeants, 20 Chen's private soldiers led by Jing Nu, and nearly 100 coachmen, rushed to Ding's villa in the evening to rest the night.

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