Chapter 18: Return to Beijing
The remnant sun is like blood, and the sunset melts gold.
On a carriage to the capital, Liu Fan sat in it, feeling helpless. Anyway, now that I'm an officer, I can't ride a horse, and it will make people laugh when I spread it. Could it be that when you go to war in the future, you will not only lose your ranks, but you will not be able to escape even if you lose the battle! It seems that it is time to put learning to ride a horse on the agenda! Ay!
This went to the capital to ask for armor, Liu Fan thought in his heart that he would inevitably offend the powerful in the army, Jinyiwei was hopeless, he led thousands of households in the name of a hundred households, which has caused many people to be dissatisfied, and then asked for armor and weapons, it is not to offend people to death, and Jinyiwei has no field weapons, so he can't take a lot of embroidered spring knives back, when the two armies confront, his own side pulled out the embroidered spring knife and rushed to the other party, the picture is too beautiful Liu Fan can't imagine it! It seems that we can only find a way with the emperor! In this case, it is to snatch money from the hands of those big men in Jingying! To be honest, Liu Fan didn't want to clash with the military generals and nobles in the capital so early, but he had to send the arrows, he couldn't let his soldiers fight with his bare hands, and now he didn't have his own territory and his own income, so he had to rely on the emperor all the time, and I hope that he could fight for something good this time!
After returning to the capital, Liu Fan sent Wang Yong and a few brocade guards to disperse and come to his door. Liu Fan, who was excited, pushed open the door and shouted loudly, "Lord Ben is back, Xiaohe, Xiaozhu is not hurry up to come out to greet you!" ”
Xiaozhu, who was working outside the yard when he heard Liu Fan's shout, looked up and saw Liu Fan standing at the gate. was shocked, the basin in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, Xiaozhu didn't care, and rushed towards Liu Fan quickly. hugged Liu Fan's waist tightly, buried his head and cried! Hugging the girl who was excited, Liu Fan couldn't help but say, "I haven't seen you for so many days, are you okay, do you miss me?" ”
Only then did the girl raise the little face of the pear blossom with the rain, "The adult has been gone for half a month, and there is no news back, the maid still thinks that the adult doesn't want us anymore, and she is scared all day long, where can I talk about a 'good' word!"
Liu Fan scratched his head, "I'm not busy with official business, I've been so busy these days that I don't even have time to eat, I forgot it for a while!" Isn't this the time to come back to see you? Be good, don't cry and cry again, it's not pretty! I don't like it, brother! Liu Fan said distressedly
Xiaohe, who heard the voice, stood at the door at some point, looking at Liu Fan steadily, tears sliding down her white cheeks. Liu Fan, who raised his head, couldn't help but feel guilty when he saw Xiaohe, pulled Xiaozhu and walked towards Xiaohe, hugged him suddenly, hugged the girl tightly, and muttered, "It's all my fault, I will never leave you in the future!" When the girl in her arms heard this, her body couldn't help but tighten, and she cried bitterly!
In the next time, Liu Fan, who felt guilty, kept saying good things, hoping to get forgiveness from the girls, but the angry girl ignored him, and Liu Fan had no choice but to promise a series of unequal treaties, and promised that he would never leave them easily in the future, and also told a few jokes about coaxing girls in later generations, so that the girl broke into laughter!
At night, under the dim light, Xiaohe was squatting and carefully washing Liu Fan's feet. Xiaozhu next to him was massaging Liu Fan, and at the same time telling Liu Fan about what had happened at home recently. Liu Fan replied absentmindedly, but his gaze, his mind had been all attracted by the girl at his feet, the girl wearing a light red pleated skirt rolled up her sleeves, revealing half of her white jade wrist, and was carefully wiping Liu Fan, her hair was wet with sweat on her Ruyu face, which looked even more charming, and she raised her head and smiled at Liu Fan after she was busy. Liu Fan, who was in a daze, couldn't help but pick up the girl and walked towards the big bed, passing by the stunned Xiaozhu, and slamming her out. For a while, the red waves were rolling in the house...
Early in the morning, Liu Fan enjoyed a fragrant dress under the service of the girls. It took a lot of perseverance for Liu Fan to endure it, tidy up his clothes, and get into the carriage to the palace. Because the waist card given to Liu Fan by Chongzhen last time was still in Liu Fan's easy entry into the palace, and under the guidance of the little eunuch, he saw Chongzhen in the Qianqing Palace reviewing the chapter. It is said that every time Liu Fan sees Chongzhen, he is reviewing the chapters, how busy is this, so that he can do this every day, isn't he boring?
looked at Chongzhen carefully, and found that he hadn't seen Chongzhen for more than half a month, and he looked even older, and his eyebrows revealed a deep exhaustion. Feeling pity at first sight, Liu Fan couldn't help but speak, "Your Majesty, although the state affairs are busy, you also have to pay attention to your body, just leave some unimportant things to the people below!" The body is the biggest capital, only if you have a good body can Zhongxing Daming! ’
Hearing Liu Fan's words, Chongzhen raised his head, "Jimin is here, I haven't seen you for a while, I still miss you, no one made trouble for me in the palace, and I am still a little uncomfortable!" Isn't it training? How can you come back to see me when you have time! ”
"Well, Your Majesty's ministers are here for the training of soldiers, and the ministers are training in Niutunbao, which has achieved initial results recently, but the sergeants and soldiers of the army do not have weapons and armor, don't you want to ask Your Majesty to allocate some of them to the ministers!"
"Oh, that's it! I will inform the War Bureau to prepare some weapons and armor for you, I don't know what kind of weapons and armor Aiqing wants? ”
"It's best to be a bird, the minister wants to build a pure firearms army according to the methods of the later generations!" Liu Fan said without thinking about it
"There is no bird gun, the output of the War Bureau is limited, and the priority is given to the Shenji Battalion, and the rest is taken by the Beijing Battalion. I can't help it, big swords and spears, but there are some, love or not! Chongzhen said angrily
To deduct meat from the mouths of those big men in Jingying, Liu Fan asked himself if he didn't have the courage and strength, so he had no choice but to say, "Okay, that minister wants 400 spears, 100 shields, and 10 bird guns!" In the future, we will have to find a way to form a firearms unit, after all, that is the big killer weapon to deal with Jianyu, and the minister must first ask a few to familiarize the familiar soldiers with it! Liu Fan won it
"You, you, all right! I'll inform the War Bureau, and you'll just send someone to get it tomorrow!" ”
"Since Aiqing is here, don't leave yet, tell me about the salt politics in the future!" In desperation, Liu Fan had no choice but to stay in the palace to accompany Chongzhen to talk about the future generations...
It was already night when he came out of the palace, Chongzhen wanted to keep Liu Fan, but Liu Fan, who was concerned about the girl, refused to say anything, and Chongzhen couldn't keep it, so he had to let Liu Fan out of the palace.
Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Fan sent someone to inform Wang Yong and asked him to take someone to the War Bureau to get weapons and armor, but he planned to take Xiaozhu and Xiaohe to walk around the capital!