"Master, the second master has been waiting for you in the study for almost an hour." As soon as He Shen entered the door, he saw the old housekeeper Liu Quan hurriedly greeted him to report.

"Why is he here again?" He Shen was slightly stunned and asked Liu Quan.

Liu Quan's chubby face showed a hint of embarrassment. "The slave didn't know, the slave just asked, but the second master just kept silent, saying that he was waiting for you to come back. However, the slave could see that the second master seemed to be very unhappy. ”

He Shen already understood what was going on, and a faint helplessness appeared on his face: "Forget it, I've been hiding several times, and if I hide again, this kid really wants to ...... Go down first, I'll go to him after I change into my robes." ”

"Yes, the little one will go and talk to the second master first." Liu Quan nodded, hurriedly walked through the corridor, and walked towards the back.

"Second brother, why do you have time to come to the door today?" He Shen stepped into the study, and saw He Lin standing in front of a hanging picture scroll in a daze, and couldn't help but smile gently at the corners of his mouth.

"Didn't you say I was sick? Since you're sick, can't you come and see your brother? He Lin said without looking back, but the words seemed to be [***], as if there was a big fire in his stomach.

Hearing this, He Shen's face showed a wry smile, and he walked to He Lin's side, looked at the calligraphy and painting that He Lin was watching, and said lightly: "This is the "Ten Thousand Pine Wind Map" by the Northern Song Dynasty Juran monk, if you like it, take it." ”

"A gentleman doesn't take the love of others, brother, you can keep it for yourself, besides, the younger brother is sick and depressed now, and it is really not suitable to play with this thing." He Lin said after finding a chair and sitting down.

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"You! Alas...... Helin, Helin, why can't you be considerate and considerate of the painstaking work of being a brother? He Shen was so angry that his eyes turned black, but he was helpless to take this younger brother, who let him be such a younger brother, and the two of them would depend on each other for their lives, and the feelings of the two brothers naturally had nothing to say.

"Big brother, then why don't you be considerate and considerate of me? The emperor ordered me to supervise the affairs of the former Tibetan Yidong Station Ula and other matters to raise food and wages. But how do you do it? Say that I am sick and not good at walking, but what is the result? Now that the emperor has let E Hui go, it's good for you, I've come to you several times, and I've been avoiding me all day long, can't I, the younger brother, serve the court? He Lin's voice was not loud, but He Shen still knew very well that He Lin was indeed angry, and he was very angry.

"Your dream since childhood has been to become a great general, command thousands of troops, strategize, and make great achievements for the court, and go down in history, right?" He Shen looked at He Lin's face that was similar to his own but looked a little younger and tougher, and he didn't know why, he felt a little old, sat on the chair, and waited for He Lin to vent enough, He Shen said slowly, as if he was reminiscing.

He Lin picked up the tea and took a big sip. "That's right, for more than 30 years, my will has not changed, brother, don't you know?"

"How can I not know, that's why I asked Liu Ezuo, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to ask you to supervise the affairs of Wula, the eastern station of Qianzang, and prepare for the transportation of grain and grass." He Shen looked at He Lin in front of him, and the smile on his face became more and more real. "However, that's just a hand for Fukangan, and your talent is not limited to the governor of the civil administration and raising food? My good brother, don't you want to lead an army of your own, march forward, and make meritorious achievements? ”

Hearing He Shen's words, He Lin couldn't help but tremble, staring at He Shen with dead eyes. "Big brother, what do you mean by that?" His fingers that were originally holding the armrest of the chair couldn't help but turn slightly white, although he couldn't get used to his own eldest brother and Shen's behavior as an official, but he was his own eldest brother after all, at least, he had never deceived himself about anything.

Seeing the change in He Lin's expression, He Shen shook his head and smiled, "Do you know anything about Annan?" ”

"Of course I know this, Nan Ruan is competing with the three Nguyen of the Xishan Dynasty, and Nam Ruan now has a slight upper hand, killing Ruan Wenlu and defeating Ruan Van Yue in a row, and now, there is a great tendency to revive the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop." He Lin replied directly without thinking about it.

"Do you know that today it is the right time for that Marshal Fu to make a statement to the emperor to crusade against Annan." He Shen's seemingly plain sentence made the prosperous fire in He Lin's heart even stronger, and there was a burning heat in his eyes. "Big Brother ......"

"You don't need to say it, you now know why I made you fake your illness, do you?" He Shen raised his hand and gently patted the hand beside him that was already clenched into a fist. "Isn't all this for you?"

"Liu Quan, you send this to that Yangcheng cigarette shop." Not long after He Lin left, He Shen wrote a new handwritten letter and handed it to Liu Quan.

Liu Quanjiu was accommodating with Brother Shen, and he was also a little familiar with literature and ink, so he naturally understood the content of the letter, and couldn't help but say with some doubts: "Master, you are ...... this"

"In my life with Shen, I have received money, and when I haven't done anything, that Liang Pengfei smashed someone He for nearly one million taels of silver, don't say it's this, even if it's a general soldier of the water division, I should get it for him, as long as he can help my family and Lin this time, when the time comes, as long as he can make someone happy, he will naturally make him happy." He Shen looked arrogant, and he did have the dignity and arrogance of a person in charge, but his words did not look like a prime minister in charge of national affairs at all, but like a fair businessman selling officials and selling officials, and it was the kind that was extremely credible.

Two days later, the envoys of Nguyen Van Hue, the king of the original Guangzhong who was the emperor of the Xishan Dynasty, entered Yanjing, intending to pay tribute to Qianlong, and asked him to be named the king of Annam. and issued an order to denounce the Xishan Dynasty, and decided to raise troops, with the white flag of the Han army and Lin as the general, to help the king of Annam, Li Weiqi, restore the country...... In the will, in addition to He Lin as a general, Yongbao as a counselor, and the appointment of other officials, there was also a small staff general, that is, Liang Pengfei, a staff general of Humen Town, Guangdong Navy, who transferred the elite of his headquarters to help in the war.

And there is also a will directly down to Guangdong, after counting his honors, Liang Pengfei, the general of the guerrilla administration, was promoted to a general, which really shocked the officials of the two Guangzhous a little, you know, the promotion is a real position, and the agency is the meaning of the agency, just like the Guangdong governor Guo Shixun, who is the acting governor of Liangguang and Guangzhou, and Liang Pengfei has neither made meritorious service nor done anything during this time, but he has been promoted to another level, how can this not make people's eyes round?

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"My lord, General Liang's request...... Isn't it too much? In addition to the two battalions of non-commissioned officers, all of whom had to be equipped with firearms, even their miscellaneous servants and patrols had to be equipped with knives according to the standards of non-commissioned officers. In the Admiral's Mansion, a deputy general beside Zhao Chenglan frowned, and in his hand, he held an official document that had just been sent into the Admiral's Mansion.

"And that's not all, he hopes that the lord will add two more eighteen-pounder guns, five twelve-pounder cannons, ten eight-pounder cannons, and gunpowder and cannonballs...... Did he think that this Guangdong sailor was his old Liang family's private territory? Next to him, a general soldier also had an indignant face, but from time to time he quietly swept the corner of his eyes to the admiral Zhao Chenglan, who was silent.

"Enough! The Governor already had a claim in his heart. Zhao Chenglu raised his head, glanced at the generals present, and said coldly. Those noisy generals all closed their mouths a little stupidly, most of these people are not Zhao Chenglan's descendants, it is precisely because of this that it is especially difficult to see a small general, who actually won the emperor's personal decree commendation, and was even transferred to Na He Lin's command by personal decree to make meritorious contributions.

You know, what is the fastest way to be an official in the court? Naturally, it is military merit, and after a battle, even if it is a small five-rank garrison, it is possible to be promoted to the fourth rank because of military merits, and even the third rank is also possible.

And don't forget, this He Dashuai is the younger brother of Shangshu and Shen, another popular man in front of Emperor Qianlong in addition to General Fuda, who is also in charge of household affairs.

Liang Pengfei is because of the personal eyes of Fukangan, one of the emperor's favored ministers, in less than a year, he has been promoted from a mere five-grade garrison to four levels, although it can't erase his merits, but it is precisely because he has made military exploits that he can also be promoted to such a righteous position.

Now, he is already a dignified third-grade officer, a general of the water division, if he is allowed to go to the command of Na He Lin again, to clean up the messy Annan and make new contributions, maybe, wouldn't these generals, who have survived for more than ten years or even most of their lives, become inferior to this guy?

However, the emperor's will appointed Liang Pengfei's name, and they naturally did not dare to object, but they always thought that they would have to be embarrassed, and they couldn't make this guy too happy, this kind of thinking was almost the common wish of the generals present.

You must know that after the Battle of Lingdingyang of the Guangdong Navy Division and the Battle of Dahengqin Island, the strength was greatly damaged, and it can be said that most of the elite were lost, and the losses of warships, artillery, muskets and other ordnance were also extremely heavy. For example, the chief soldier who spoke just now had four battalions under his command, but three of them were transferred from the Lingding Ocean Water War, but only one battalion came back with more than 200 disabled people.

Since these days, he has re-equipped warships, artillery and other ordnance, and he doesn't know how much brains he has racked, not only his town, but even the troops and ordnance of several other towns are also insufficient.

But in the blink of an eye, the Great War of Annan is about to start, and everything must be given priority to the Humen Town that was ordered to fight, and Wang Shouli, the chief soldier of Humen Town, is almost crazy now, but he didn't expect to get the light of his subordinates, and send himself to the battlefield, and make one or two more meritorious deeds, wouldn't he be able to be promoted and make a fortune again?

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(To be continued)