Chapter 68 Return to Yangzhou
Shi Kefa received three batches of Qincha from Nanjing, but in the end he couldn't stand it, so he had to send someone to ask Luo Jian to return to Yangzhou.
Luo Jian has been in Huang Degong's army for the past few days, and has talked to more than 50 generals above the rank of deputy general, and arranged for them to visit and study in the first and second divisions, and finally basically unified their thinking, and the Luzhou army is willing to accept the reorganization.
Although Shi Kefa's messenger had been here for several days, Luo Jian still waited for the basic reorganization of the Luzhou Army to be completed before deciding to return to Yangzhou.
The Luzhou Army was reorganized into three combat divisions and the Luzhou Water Division, and the rest of the men and horses were organized into local garrison troops except for some elimination.
Liu Weimin had already returned to Yangzhou a week ago, and the situation in several factories was very good, and the glass factory had already begun to produce finished products.
Liu Weimin was in a hurry to go back in order to build a steel mill, Luo Jian discussed with him for a long time, and felt that under the current conditions, it was possible to build an open-hearth furnace of appropriate scale.
Both of them lacked information on hand, and Liu Weimin went back first to find information and prepare for the construction of the factory.
By the time the five divisions were ready to maneuver, more than ten days had passed since Shi Kefa's messenger arrived.
Luo Jian took Huang Degong and Liu Zhaoji to set off first, and Wang Qiang and Li Chengdong stayed behind to coordinate the unified action of the five divisions.
Huang Degong didn't expect that this warrior car didn't arrive for an hour from ** to Yangzhou, although it was a little bumpy, but it was much better than riding a horse.
This made Huang Degong very convinced by Luo Jian, and returned to Yangzhou so quickly, but most of the governors came to **, and they did not return to Yangzhou once.
The Metropolitan Governor has not lived in the city for a day, he has been living with the soldiers, and his tent has been to it many times, except for one more table, it is no different from other generals.
The Metropolitan Governor talked to the soldiers in the army every day until late at night, but every morning when they went out to exercise, the soldiers could see the figure of the Metropolitan Governor from the exercise team, no wonder the soldiers had to give a thumbs up when they talked about the Metropolitan Governor.
Thinking about this, Huang Degong felt that his choice was not wrong.
Before two o'clock in the afternoon, the warrior car stopped directly in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and Liu Lan looked at the warrior car as if she had known that Luo Jian was coming back today, wearing that beautiful Republic of China costume, standing under a willow tree next to the small pond and looking at the warrior car stupidly.
As if he didn't believe his eyes, he wiped his eyes to make sure that it was Luo Jian who came back, and when Luo Jian pushed the car door and got out of the car, Liu Lan rushed up like a small cannonball and threw herself into Luo Jian's arms.
Huang Degong, who had just gotten out of the car with Liu Zhaoji, was dumbfounded, Liu Zhaoji quickly pulled him aside, and muttered in his ear for a long time before Huang Degong came to his senses.
"Brother Luo, you are so ruthless, you didn't bring me a letter after walking for twenty-one days, if it wasn't for the superintendent to persuade me, I would have gone to ** to find you." Liu Lan said as she spoke, and tears came down.
"Hurry up and stop crying, it doesn't look good if you cry, has it been that long? Why don't I think it's a few days? ”
Luo Jian hurriedly coaxed Liu Lan, and a few of her people went to ** to stay for so long, leaving this girl alone in Yangzhou, and didn't run ** to find someone, which is strong enough.
The little maid Xing'er who followed behind saw that the young lady was crying, and quickly took out a handkerchief from her pocket and sent it up.
"Wipe your eyes, there's someone here." Luo Jian took the handkerchief and stuffed it into Liu Lan's hand.
"Yes, Sister Liulan only has Brother Luo in her eyes, where is my Brother Liu." Liu Zhaoji stepped forward and said with a smile.
Listening to Liu Zhaoji's words, Liu Lan left Luo Jian's arms embarrassedly, turned around and said, "Brother Liu is good." ”
After speaking, he turned back and looked at Luo Jian carefully, turned to Liu Zhaoji and said, "Brother Liu, you didn't take good care of Brother Luo, you see, now you are thin and dark." ”
"Brother Liu admits punishment, and Sister Liulan can punish as much as she wants. Come, Brother Liu will introduce you first, this is Jingnan Hou Huang Degong Huang Houye. ”
Only then did Liu Lan see Huang Degong standing behind Liu Zhaoji, stepped forward and took two steps and said, "Hello, I'm Liu Lan." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and wanted to shake hands with Huang Degong.
Looking at Liu Lan's outstretched hand, Huang Degong was so nervous that he didn't know what to do.
Huang Degong's embarrassed appearance made Liu Lan react immediately, and quickly hugged her fists and said, "General Huang, welcome, welcome." ”
Seeing Liu Lan wearing a Republic of China costume and clasping her fists and saluting, Luo Jian laughed, and Liu Lan pouted and glared back at him.
When the commotion here was almost over, Steward Luo led a group of subordinates to come forward and salute to welcome Grandpa Guo back to his home.
"Arrange some delicious food tonight and receive General Huang well." Liu Lan turned around and greeted Steward Luo.
Liu Zhaoji laughed, "It's to comfort Brother Luo, right?" ”
When Liu Lan heard this, she was about to kick him when she came over, but Liu Zhaoji smiled and dodged it.
"Let's go into the house and talk, Steward Luo, and send someone to invite the overseer to have dinner together in the evening." Luo Jian beckoned.
"Grandpa Guo, the little one has been sent to the governor's mansion to say it, the superintendent has confessed, and the grandfather will notify him as soon as he returns home."
When he returned to the hall and sat down, Luo Jian asked Liu Lan, "Where is Xiao Liu?" ”
"This kid came back and stayed in the house for two days, the door didn't come out, and I sent the meal to the study. Liu Lan gestured with both hands.
"My students haven't seen cartoons for two days, and I don't know if this kid has slept in two days."
"Xiao Liu can't do this, he can't do anything if he collapses his body." Luo Jian felt a little sorry for Xiao Liu, this kid was like working hard as soon as he got to work.
As soon as he said that he would ask Steward Luo to buy some nutritional supplements and send them to Liu Weimin, he heard Liu Lan say: "Brother Luo, you don't have to worry about this, I have already arranged it." ”
"Brother Luo, I've started to make money, Steward Luo, come and report to Brother Luo," Liu Lan said with some pride.
"Reporting to Grandpa Guo, the court rewarded Grandpa Guo with 5,000 taels of silver, as well as some antique calligraphy and paintings, all of which were handed over to the young lady to manage. The young lady invested 2,800 taels of silver in the ready-to-wear store, which has been almost a month, and yesterday the small one went to settle the account, and this month can be divided into more than 1,200 taels. ”
"Stop, stop, stop, can you stop calling me Miss? I want to throw up when I hear that. Together with you, you shouted that Brother Luo is the master, and he has become a young lady here, this is a bad person, don't you understand? ”
Liu Lan's title to Miss is really crooked, and she has not been corrected several times, it seems that Xiao Nizi is serious today.
"I have a name and a surname, my surname is Liu Lan, Steward Luo, don't you just call Liu Lan?" Liu Lan said angrily.
Huang Degong looked at Liulan curiously, Liu Zhaoji had already told him just now that this Liulan girl came with the Metropolitan Governor, and she didn't know much about many etiquettes and customs here.
"The little one doesn't dare, dare to ask for this title..."Steward Luo stepped forward and bowed and said.
"Oh, are you bothered? How can there be so many gifts, everyone lives together, you help us work, we pay your wages, everyone is equal, do you know? ”
Liu Lan saw that Steward Luo kept giving salutes, and she was really impatient.
"Steward Luo, you will call Liu Lan Miss Liu in the future." Luo Jian saw that Liu Lan was about to make a fortune, so he hurriedly said with a smile.
Xing'er, who was standing behind Liu Lan, was a little dumbfounded, and couldn't help but speak: "Then Miss, what should I do?" ”
"You stinky girl, don't you think about Wang Qiang's kid all day long? Just call me Sister Liulan like him. ”
When Xing'er heard this, her face turned red, and she covered her face and ran upstairs.
"This apricot is too small, isn't it?" Luo Jian asked with a smile.
"Xing'er said that she is not too young at the age of fourteen, and many girls are married at this age." Liu Lan said that she felt a little funny.
"By the way, Brother Luo, there are a lot of scholars and talents in Yangzhou these days, most of them are in Brother Shi's Jixian Pavilion, and a few of them came to us, saying that they want to listen to my lectures, who knows that they can't understand at all, and a few of them have quarreled with Wang Xu, which is more annoying than that Li Ting."
"Dare to ask Miss Liu, I, Huang Degong, am a rough person, I don't know a single big character, but the most respectful person in my life is a scholar, why do these scholars come to the house Miss Liu and say that they hate it?" Huang Degong couldn't help it, and asked Chong Liulan.
"Those who say a few words are also considered to be readers if they read two crooked poems? They are far behind, they don't understand and are not modest, and they don't like these people the most. Liu Lan was still angry when she talked about these people.
"General Huang, do you think my eldest brother Luo is a scholar or a martial artist?" Liu Lan asked Huang Degong again.
"I can't say for sure, anyway, I think the Metropolitan Governor is my own person." Huang Degong scratched his head and said with a smile.
"Xinghua, although these scholars are not pragmatic, you can't push them all out." Liu Zhaoji reminded Luo Jian beside him, not wanting him to make too many enemies because of his personal preferences.
"Thank you Brother Liu for reminding me, this Xinghua knows it in his heart, and I will have a good talk with them when I have the opportunity."
Luo Jian knew that he couldn't ask the current scholars according to the standards of future generations, except for some of these people who advocated Qing Tan, many of them still had real talents and real learning.
Nowadays, the army needs a large number of scholars to replenish fresh blood, and how to let these scholars do things in the army, Luo Jian feels a little difficult.
A few people were talking, Shi Kefa arrived, and he didn't ask anyone to report it, so he hurriedly came in.
"I said Xinghua, you're back, oh, Hushan (Huang Degong) you're here too?"
When Luo Jian and the others saw that Shi Kefa had arrived, they all got up to greet him, and Huang Degong saw that Shi Kefa was coming, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.
Shi Kefa waved his hand, "Hushan doesn't have to be polite, everyone is invited to sit down." I heard that you are willing to reorganize and train the Luzhou Army, and I am very happy to hear it. ”
"Xinghua, your trip to ** can be regarded as stabilizing the situation, but as soon as this has stabilized, things have come again, the imperial court has sent three batches of messengers to ask you to go to Nanjing, and this Beijing camp commander Lu Gonggong has been living in the post house."
"Brother Xian, how can I have time to go to Nanjing now, you can tell me about the situation in Yangzhou first." Shi Kefa was anxious to tell Luo Jian about the Qin mission, but Luo Jian's heart was not on this at all.
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