Yuan Yingtai had already learned the news of the battles between Tieling and Fushun, and he ordered people to reward those who had meritorious service. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Hou Shilu was praised for "courage and enterprising", Shen Jia was praised as a model of wisdom and bravery, as for He Shixian, Chen Ce and others, almost all have a word of praise.

He Shixian was extremely angry about this, he thought that Master Jingliu was deliberately playing false, not real, which made him explain to the soldiers who fought bloodily.

"Master Chen, it's not okay for Yuan Jingluo to do this, the soldiers under my command ask me every day when the reward will come down, and they are about to quarrel into a pot of porridge, and I don't dare to go back to the barracks to face these rabbit cubs now."

Chen Ce sighed and said: "General He, first find a way to appease the emotions of the soldiers in the camp, don't make any trouble, Lord Yuan is not a small and incompetent person, I am afraid that his own people in the rivers and lakes will not be able to help himself!" ”

As he spoke, Chen Ce turned his head to look at Xiao Ji on the side. Xiao Ji has been in the court for many years, and immediately understood that everyone was going to come out on their own.

Xiao Ji raised his head and raised his chest, and said loudly: "Chief Chen Bing, General He General Soldier, this reward, Fushun Tongzhi Yamen has just been rebuilt for a month, and there is no treasury silver, but a lot of debts, I believe you know the current situation better than me, and the lower officials have the heart to reward the meritorious people, but at present, it is indeed powerless, and please forgive the two adults." ”

After saying that, Xiao Ji put on an iron rooster and stood aside in front of everyone's eyes. Everyone can shirk responsibility for the comfort, but Shaw can't. He was in charge of civil affairs and finances, and no matter how difficult it was, he couldn't put oil on the soles of his feet. It's just that when the time is too long, the big mouth is used to it, and he looks down on a bunch of ruffians, Xiao Ji's words are a little excessive.

He Shixian stood up suddenly, and his eyes widened: "Didn't you confiscate the merchant's assets last time?" It's better to pay first, let us get through the difficulties, and when the court rewards it, we will give it back to you, what does Lord Xiao think? ”

"No, I have a lot of use for these silver taels, and I will need money to rebuild Fushun and resettle displaced people in the future."

Xiao Ji said categorically, and did not give He Shixian any face. He Shixian was a little angry, and he stared at Xiao Ji coldly. Xiao Ji was also stubborn, without the slightest retreat, the two looked at each other for a long time, and He Shixian had to sit down again and continue to taste tea.

"Xiao Tongzhi, don't be angry, everyone is in trouble right now, let's discuss first, this is not a war, you don't have to fight to the death, do you say Xiao Tongzhi?"

Hearing Chen Ce's politeness, Xiao Ji's tense face slowly calmed down.

"Mr. Chen, Xia Guan is really in trouble, it's just that he doesn't want to help. How about the subordinate officials come forward and urge Yuan Jingluo in Liaoyang? ”

"That's very good, then there is Lord Lao Xiao, let's listen to Yuan Jinglue's opinion first. General He, you go back and appease the sergeant, don't make any trouble, and let everyone wait for a few days. ”

Not long after, Xiao Ji excused himself to say goodbye in advance, and Chen He and the two personally sent Xiao Ji away. The hall was empty, and Chen He and the two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

He Shixian laughed and secretly scolded the old fox, obviously he wanted to urge Yuan Jingluo, but he had to go around in such a big circle to get Xiao Ji in, so that he had to play a black face, as Shen Shinephew said, this old fox has become a sperm.

"Lord Chen, why are we so anxious about the reward this time? Didn't you wait a long time to get there last time? ”

Chen Ce turned his head to look at He Shixian, and said slowly: "General He, if it wasn't for the last time, maybe I wouldn't be in a hurry." You must know that last time the Ming army outside the Guanwai, only you and me, as well as the Tong general soldiers in Shenyang, were rewarded, and the other Ming troops did not even have a chance to be named by the imperial court. And this time to regain Tieling, there is an extra Hou General soldier, who is standing behind him, you must also know. There are a lot of people who receive the reward this time, and behind the new additions are all characters with heads and faces, who must eat meat, and we may not even have the opportunity to drink soup, so we have to jump desperately. ”

He Shixian threw himself to the ground with the old fox's admiration, so he said: "Hey boss, if you don't go to be the elder of the pavilion, it is really a loss for the Ming Dynasty, and if you put it in a place where a bird like Fushun doesn't, it will simply bury your talent." ”

"Okay, okay, it's only been a few days, how did you become like that stinky boy, hurry up and stop the old man, that kid will secretly hurt people by slapping on the back, you must not follow his example."

He Shixian's expression froze, and he smiled speechlessly, but did not respond.

"What's going on with Shen Jia lately, this reputation is going to stink, who will dare to associate with him in the future?"

He Shixian said with an embarrassed face: "This kid is a troublemaker, fortunately, it's not a big deal, let him go." ”

Chen Ce snorted, lowered his head and continued to read the paperwork.

It turned out that since the Tartars retreated, Shen Jia had reverted to his former role as a bully, making his reputation extremely stinky. After the last Fushun was recovered, the eastern and western cities were closed for a period of time. The market opened again, and the trading volume of the two markets has not been able to recover to the pre-war level. Livestock traders have a large backlog of cattle and sheep. In the past, these livestock traders would drive their cattle and sheep to the countryside and let them go. In the spring, the young grass has just sprouted, and it is difficult to fill the stomachs of the livestock. As a result, unattended livestock often run to the fields to feast on the freshly sprouted crops.

However, since Shen Jia planted hundreds of acres of cultivated land outside the city, he sent militia to squat nearby to be on duty. It was okay a few days ago, there were no seedlings, and no one cared. But in the past two days, the crops have begun to sprout, and the militia is on duty frequently. For those cattle and sheep who could not find their master's home and wandered near the farmland, Shen Jia's method was very simple, directly let the militia take them away and send them to the slaughterhouse to cut meat. It lasted for five days, and there were many complaints in the city.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty was a traditional agrarian society, and the importance of land crops was incomprehensible to the Mongols. No matter how the livestock dealers complained, Xiao Ji only had one sentence: "Prime Minister Cao trampled on the wheat field and cut his hair to act as the head."

The livestock dealer kneeling below didn't know why, and Xiao Ji didn't explain, and he beat it out with a stick. The livestock dealer, who had suffered a loss, had no choice but to consult the scholar, and then realized that the complaint was hopeless.

Shen Jia, who heard the news, was so unforgiving that he simply instigated the militia to lead the cattle and sheep dozens of meters away from the crops to the slaughterhouse. A group of livestock dealers dared not speak out, so they had to buy hay with tears to raise cattle and sheep, and Shen Jia's good life came to an end.

Although the good days are over, Shen Jia's small actions are still continuing. Until one day, he picked up more than a dozen of Zhang Shi's military horses. Shen Jia brought people back to the city in a grand manner, and happened to meet Zhang Shi who was looking for a horse.

It turned out that Zhang Shi went out of the city to do business, and when he returned to the city, several military horses were a little tired, and Zhang Shi looked for the defenders at the gate of the city to change the horses and entered the city directly. The replaced military horses were tied to the tethered horse stakes at the city gate, and I don't know how bold the little boy was, he actually untied the reins, and more than a dozen war horses went for a walk in the suburbs by themselves.

These are military horses, with marks on their buttocks, and ordinary people dare not move around. It's just that in Shen Jia's hands, he thinks that military horses are of great use, such as a group, and now there are few who can ride horses, so they can be used for training when they get it back.

The cheeky Shen Jia swaggered and led the military horse into the city, and was caught by Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi didn't notice that Shen Jia was leading a military horse at first, but just wanted to get closer and say hello. Who knew that the sharp-eyed soldiers found out that they were tired and tugged at Zhang Shi's sleeves, and Zhang Shi noticed that these were the military horses he had been looking for for a long time.

Zhang Shi was angry on the spot, pointing his nose and scolding Shen Jia for being a guard, but he was cheeky like a scoundrel stealing other people's cattle and sheep. It's just a matter of stealing cattle and sheep, but it was stolen from the Ming military attaché. Shen Jia, as a member of the Ming military attachés, stole the war horses of the Ming army, what is this? This is simply a naked corner of digging the Daming Society. This kind of digging into the wall is simply a shame for the Ming military attaché.

Shen Jia was scolded at that time. Originally, he wanted to set it off, but who knew that this old guy opened his mouth and kept scolding, and Shen Jia's anger suddenly rushed up.

"Who said this was your military horse? You call it, does it promise? ”

"Bastard, these horses have special marks on their legs, which can prove that they are military horses in He Shuai's camp, this is ironclad evidence, do you kid want to wash the marks with saliva? If you can really wash it off with saliva, I don't bother with you. ”

"Hey, Uncle Zhang, I'm also a person under Uncle He, can't Uncle He give me some war horses?"

Shen Jia's nonsense made Zhang Shi roll his eyes angrily, Zhang Shi couldn't bear it anymore, and whistled, and the jujube red war horse next to Shen Jia slowly leaned towards Zhang Shi.

Shen Jia's face turned green at that time, Zhang Shi turned his head and ignored Shen Jia. Zhang Shirang brutally snatched the reins from the militia, turned around and got on his horse and left.

Shen Jia was hit by this, and under the pretext that the old injury had not healed, he simply hid at home every day and soaked in the gentle countryside. Although Shen Jia didn't go out, his housekeeper squatted in the mule and horse market every day to buy cattle and sheep, which made the livestock sellers very happy. Originally, the traders complained about Shen Shoubei, but they had no choice but to have a large backlog of cattle and sheep in their hands, and the people were poor and short-sighted, so the traders had to put on a smiling face again to Shen Shoubei, who was a fish and meat people. ‘

The housekeeper of the Shen Mansion waited every day for a good time to buy cattle and sheep, and after coming and going, the traders began to make trouble. They privately rumored that Shen Shou was guarding many women at night, and he was a bullwhip, and he didn't see his housekeeper buying cattle in the cattle and horse market every day. As a result, the previous unbearable rumors were dug up and fermented and sublimated again, and they spread on Fushun Street in Chengping for a few days.

The increasingly fierce rumors once again brought Shen Jia to the forefront, Chen Ce, He Shixian and others were accustomed to this, and they laughed it off. And Xiao Ji of the Taoist school sent people to reprimand Shen Jia for his shamelessness in person. Whoever Shen Jia came, he had a good face of marrying a daughter-in-law. Shen Jia's disbelief made everyone helpless, so they had to let the rumors fend for themselves.

Rumors are everywhere, especially those that ordinary people like to hear. Although Qu Xiaoyi repeatedly told the maid not to spread rumors, the rumors still crossed the mountains and mountains, touched the ditch and climbed the ditch and entered the Shen Mansion. The maid who went out brought the new rumors back to the backyard, so Wen Qing, Qu Xiaoyi and Wu Shihan also knew. Wu Shihan has not experienced it, and she is quite anxious about it. People in this era want a good reputation, and no one will be comfortable when they are taken to the dinner table as a joke.

"Sister Wen, why aren't you in a hurry at all? This is about Brother Shen's reputation, he doesn't go out every day to stay at home, isn't it just responding to the rumors, who will dare to come to the door in the future? In ordinary people's homes, I'm afraid it is extremely difficult to find a marriage match. ”

Wen Qing looked at Wu Shihan with a smile and said: "Isn't Shen Jia still with you and Sister Xiaoyi, he is worth it in this life, in our homeland, men are only allowed to marry one person, and if there is one more, they will have to wear it on a solid base, Shen Jia can be regarded as making a lot of money." ”

Wu Shihan's face was flushed, and it was really difficult to pick up the words of warmth.

Qu Xiaoyi looked at Shen Jia, who was asleep, with a sad face, turned back to Wen Qing and said, "Sister Wen, it's not a matter if Shen Jia falls asleep like this, we should do something, we can't sit still in front of rumors." ”

Wen Qing smiled, and there was no trace of sorrow. She ran out with a bang, grabbed Shen Jia's ear and said coquettishly: "Don't sleep, if you sleep any longer, you will become a second senior brother, your two confidantes are worried to death, you go and explain to them." ”

Shen Jia was dreaming of eating a delicious meal, and when he was suddenly woken up, he was about to get angry, but when he saw Wen Qing standing in front of him angrily, his anger immediately disappeared. Shen Jia said: "What's the matter? Am I not going to be able to get a good night's sleep? In the past few days, I have been training latent and infiltration tactics, and I am exhausted, even if these grandchildren are illiterate, but some people still have road blindness, and I am about to vomit blood from them. ”

"you, who wants to hear you talk about these things all day long, you hurry up and comfort the two confidants, the rumors have been so strong recently, and the two of them don't know the inside story, they are worried about you."

Wen Qing smiled, she had obviously guessed Shen Jia's thoughts. Seeing Wen Qing smiling like a flower, Shen Jia's heart fluttered, and he couldn't help but want to tease her.

"I still have to go out, you help me comfort and comfort them, it's a big deal to tell the truth, there's nothing to worry about, wait a few days, we can make a move."

Wen Qing twisted her head and said, "Why me, and it's not me who marries the two of them, why let me go, you have to go yourself." ”

Shen Jia stood up, packed up his clothes, and said with a wicked smile: "I gave you a name last time, Concubine Gong, the two of them are still white, this is your biggest, naturally it's your business!" “

After that, Shen Jia ran away, and went out of the backyard in the blink of an eye.

Wen Qing lost her temper and said angrily: "Shen Jia, you wait, I will settle accounts with you sooner or later." “

Qu Xiaoyi and Wu Shihan were also shocked, and they walked out of the house one after another, looking at the angry Wen Qing with a surprised face.