Chapter 48: Take action
Gao Huan listened to what his sister said seriously and emotionally, and his heart was also sour, he fought outside all the year round, didn't he just want to give his family a wealth and find a good home for his sister? But is the destination she found for her really what her sister wants? In addition to the kindness of parents in this world, there are men and women ****, these two feelings are absolutely unshakable and changeable by outsiders, and the life planning route designed by himself and his party for Gao Lan is now almost thirty, but she has not yet found a home. Gao Huan felt guilty in his heart and ashamed of his hypocritical thoughts.
"Sister, I support you, love is your own, no matter who you choose, as long as you feel good, we will support you." After that, he grabbed Gao Lan's hands and looked at his sister emotionally. Ruyi also took the opportunity to interject: "I also support my sister with the officials, hehe." Laughing mischievously.
Gao Yue and Gao Zhongming also swore in unison: "We all support my sister, if that Murong Shaozong treats my sister badly in the future, I don't see if our brothers can't beat him." ”
At this time, Erzhu Caihuang, who was standing at the door, also said timidly: "It's still ...... And me. Ruyi teased her happily and said, "I'll just say that you and the official will be a family sooner or later!" This has not yet learned to be close to the eldest sister-in-law? ”
I saw Er Zhu Caihuang's face flushed, and he scolded angrily: "Dead girl, you usually speak the most mean." See if I don't tear your mouth today. Saying that, the two of them giggled and laughed, and when Gao Lan saw this scene, her original melancholy mood instantly disappeared and she burst into laughter.
After the first seven, Gao Huan personally came to the door to tell Murong Shaozong about this family matter, and Murong Shaozong said a little incredible: "The general loves the villain, but my wife just died, so I will marry the bride immediately, I'm afraid there is something wrong." ”
When Gao Huan heard it, he felt that what he said was reasonable, and he couldn't refute it, so he said: "Then when your filial piety period expires, remember to come to my house to discuss this matter, my sister is serious about you, don't hurt her heart, I am such a sister." The implication is that it is a good thing, don't make everyone unhappy later. It can be regarded as a disguised threat to Murong Shaozong.
Since then, Gao Lan has gone to Murong Shaozong's house every day to serve his mother, although Murong Shaozong didn't say anything, but everything was in his eyes, and this Gao Lan himself also looked a little good, not to mention that in ancient times, even now, what man doesn't love a woman with good conduct and good looks and noble birth? The so-called seeing people's hearts for a long time, after a long time, Murong Shaozong also began to secretly fall in love with Gao Lan.
Time was in a hurry, and the two-month holiday passed like this, Ruyi was very disappointed and said to Gao Huan: "Official, next time I don't come to this desert north to see the prairie, it's not interesting at all, it's either wind or sand all day long." After that, he turned back to Er Zhu Caihuang and said: "I heard that Liang Kingdom in the south is a beautiful place, alas, when can I go to Jiangnan to take a walk, how good it would be." ”
"What the hell are you thinking?" Gao Huan remembered the scenery of the two on the couch last night, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and asked casually.
"We have to go and say goodbye to Murong Shaozong first, and see if he wants to go with us." Gao Huan said to Gao Yue and Ruyi that this is the real purpose of this trip to Mobei. So he took a group of people to Murong's house to say goodbye.
"We're leaving for Julu today, do you have anything you want me to bring to your uncle?" Gao Huan said on time to Murong Shaozong.
Murong Shao Zongang wanted to answer, but he heard the old lady cough twice and said: "The noble person will go back and say hello to his parents on behalf of the old man, as for the fact that we will not cling to that relative, please go and send it not far away." ”
This old lady has always been cold to Gao Huan and rejects people thousands of miles away, but from Gao Lan's mouth, this old lady is not a hard-hearted person. Could it be that I did something wrong and offended the old lady? Gao Huan was a little puzzled. At the moment, I had no choice but to get up and say goodbye, and left another fifty taels of silver, but the mother and son accepted everything they said.
Sent to the door, Gao Lan's face was reluctant, Murong Shaozong's eyes were also full of retention, and he still said: "The general carries love, but he has an old mother in the next family, and he needs his son to be by his side to do his filial piety and raise his life, and he can't serve the general, please ask the general to do a lot of Haihan." At that moment, he gave a half-kneeling military salute to Gao Huan.
Gao Huan hurriedly helped him up, and said in his mouth: "That's it, I should explain the reason to your uncle when I go back, I am also very touched by your filial piety, but there is really something urgent at home, but I can ask someone to come to Julu to find me, I will do my best." So everyone sent each other off for eighteen miles, and set off for the giant deer to return south.
Returning to Julu, Gao Huan told Murong Heng in detail about his visit to Murong Shaozong, and of course the relationship between Gao Lan and Murong Shaozong was hidden. After hearing this, Murong Heng got up and scolded remorsefully: "Zhuzi, Zhuzi, when you meet Mingjun, you are so pedantic, isn't it okay to bring his wife together, it's really pedantic!" Murong Heng's sigh to Murong Shaozong reminded Gao Huan that the so-called well-behaved scholars in ancient times were indeed a little pedantic and a little excessive.
Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Gao Huan plans to take the whole family to the Zhuangzi outside the city to get together, these days he is either going out to fight or running around, not really giving his family a little time, seeing Murong Shaozong's filial piety, Gao Huan feels that he can only give his love for his mother in his previous life to his parents in this life, and his parents are not far away.
But just set the day, Gao Huan received three news, the first news Er Zhu Zhao and Er Zhu Dulu were at odds, and the two sides seemed to be gathering people to start a war in Luoyang, this news was sent back by Gao Gan from Yecheng, he was now under Gao Huan, and was arranged to garrison Yecheng with Li Erhu.
The second news was sent by Sima Ziru, the assassin of Yingzhou, he planned to surrender his brother-in-law Gao Huan in the state, and the long-term garrison in the northern remote areas made him exhausted, and the separation from his family made him feel homesick, coupled with Gao Huan and Sun Teng's series of actions in Henan and Hebei, he felt that there may really be a share of Gao Huan in this world now. This kid actually mixed up until now, and he mixed it well.
The third news was sent back by Ruyi's Lady Army spies, He Batsheng was no longer in Guanzhong, and returned to Huaishuo's hometown to live in seclusion. This is good news for Gao Huan, he can invite the fourth brother back to help him, he is thousands of times stronger than Murong Shaozong, coupled with Gao Gan's defection, Gao Huan feels that his subordinates should be regarded as strong generals now.
"Now that Luoyang's Erzhu Zhao is fighting with Erzhu Dulu, we'd better not get involved in their fight, just watch from the wall like Erzhu Tianguang, and when they both lose, we will go to Luo to clean up the mess." Murong Heng, as always, is the old god, calmly planning the overall situation.
"If the general trend is today, we have already accounted for four points, as long as we seek victory in stability and take every step of the way, sooner or later the world will be the king." Xu Mingzhi is also a sycophant. Since ancient times, there have been many sycophants and house slaves who want to climb the dragon and the phoenix. These people often ******** franchise in the kung fu of patting horses, because they know that as long as they follow the right people and shoot the horses well, the benefits will naturally drop greatly. Now this Xu Mingzhi has changed from the previous Shuzuo to the second-in-command second only to Murong Heng in Gao Huan's staff, the reason is that this person is good at observing words and feelings, and he has the merit of recommendation, although Murong Heng sometimes looks down on him, but this does not affect his status in Gao Huan's army.
Gao Yue was already eager to try, and said to Gao Huan: "King, I haven't fought for half a year, and my hands are a little itchy." Gao Zhongming also bluffed on the side: "What I said is that it's really boring to do nothing every day, Shangluo will fight with other warlords as soon as possible, and it is better to win or lose than to be superior." ”
"You two know what, we definitely have to fight, but we still need to find a suitable opportunity to act. Everything has to be arranged by the military division. Gao Huan said again: "Now we have the territory of the five states in our hands, and the army has nearly 150,000, plus the newly recruited, it should be about 200,000." ”
Murong Heng nodded with satisfaction with Gao Huan's understanding of his army, and agreed: "The timing of the development is indeed very important, so now we need to do a few things separately, first, send generals to train the newly recruited sergeants, and we are not afraid of having no soldiers to use in wartime, second, send people to Huaishuo to recall General Heba, his joining is a great appeal and promotion for us, third, continue to implement the internal policy strategy according to local conditions, and let the states customize development plans according to their own strengths, So that the people left behind and the newly displaced people can continue to live and work in peace and contentment. Fourthly, I have heard that a large number of gold mines have been discovered in the mountains near Dingzhou, and that we should immediately send troops to occupy them and arrange for their collection. ”
As soon as Gao Huan heard Murong Heng's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where did the news come from, sir?" This gold mine is a good business, but we have to start it as soon as possible, otherwise we will be preempted by others. ”
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the so-called gold mining was nothing more than the same as mining coal mines, but the process method and sequence were slightly different. Coupled with the rough tools and backward technology, the collection efficiency of the gold mine is very low, but this does not affect it to become another big financial income for Gao Huan, now the larger the territory, the more soldiers will be raised, and the cost will naturally increase geometrically, and now Gao Huan is a layman, and his eyes are green when he mentions money.
"It's just that this gold mine is not trivial, and a trustworthy person must be sent to serve as the overseer." Murong Heng still seems to have some doubts about the candidate, whoever this fat difference gives will make a fortune.
Gao Huan also secretly thought, whoever takes this son will hack himself, it is nothing more than finding a trustworthy person to hack himself a little less, who can go?
The crowd was bowing their heads and pondering, when they heard the report from the soldiers outside the door: "My lord, the senior adjutant wants to see you outside the door." Gao Huan suddenly raised his head and his eyes lit up, it really didn't take any effort to come here, this kid had been a pawnshop guy, and there was absolutely no problem in settling accounts, and besides, it was his own family, so it should be no problem for him to supervise the gold mine.
Who is this high adjutant? is Gao Huan's younger brother in his twenties: Gao Chen. He is now serving as a scrivener in Gao Huanjun's army, which is the job of a clerk, and he usually records documents that record correspondence.
If you want to say that Gao Chen has no status in his family because of the big tree of Gao Huan, he is completely living in the shadow of Gao Huan, but if you want to say that he really has some talent, he doesn't have it, a mediocre person is a mortal. Gao Huan was relieved to let him take care of the gold mine, so Gao Huan got up and said to everyone: "I already have the candidate for the head of the gold mine, everyone will go to lunch first, and I will talk to you in detail in the afternoon." After that, he went outside the house to see Gao Chen, took him home and explained his arrangements to his parents.
That Gao Chen heard Gao Huan say that he would arrange for himself to take care of some gold mine, and he was expressionless and silent. Gao Han and Gao Lan agreed very much, and it was good to let this younger brother go out alone to experience the experience, and he stayed in the mansion all day long, and he was in contact with some indiscriminate children. The foolish things he did were even more ridiculous than his old man.
Gao Shu stroked his beard and said, "It's a good thing, in the future, our family will not be short of gold, silver and jewelry." Gao Huan has never been interested in this cheap father, as long as he doesn't go out to rob money, he usually lets him toss as much as he wants in the house, and he doesn't bother to care.
Gao Shu has not been idle in the past few years since Gao Huan was in power, not to mention several concubines, several fifteen or sixteen-year-old maids in the house have been enlarged by him, and the female relatives of several relatives have not been spared, especially the widow relative of the dead man before. If it weren't for Gao Huan's growing power day by day, I'm afraid that some relatives would have come to the door to settle accounts with this old pervert.