After the New Year, Pang Gang also enjoyed a rare rest, during this time Pang Gang was most excited and happy that Kong Ruolan was pregnant, this news made the whole Qingzhou shake, all the officials in Qingzhou as if it had passed another year, flocked to the Dingguo General's Mansion to congratulate him, and the gifts sent by the generals and officials filled the two warehouses of the General's Mansion.

Although it has been two years since he came to this era, Pang Gang also has some understanding of some of the ideas of people in this era, in ancient times, the inheritance of heirs was very important, and the more people with status and status, the more important they were to such things, not to mention officials like Pang Gang who had become officials from the right governor of the first grade.

Although most of the officials under Pang Gang are from poor military families, and many of them have no formal education, they are not stupid, and their future glory and disgrace have been firmly linked with Pang Gang at this moment. Now Pang Gang seems to be a prince, the future is predictable, his inheritance is naturally the top priority, as long as people with a little vision know the important surname of investing in the next generation, Pang Gang has always had no heirs, this matter also makes these subordinates secretly anxious, and now the news of Kong Ruolan's pregnancy, which is the main wife, undoubtedly gives many people an obvious signal, so it is not surprising that the general's mansion is full of congratulatory gifts from his subordinates so quickly.

After the news of Kong Ruolan's pregnancy came out, she suddenly became a national treasure in the eyes of everyone, Kong Ruolan's mother came to the General's Mansion the next day with a large bag and a small bag, and looked at the posture to start officially entering the General's Mansion. At the same time, Kong Ruolan's maids and mothers around her also increased, and there were people waiting by her side at any time for twelve hours a day, and the magnitude of her movements made Ruolan miserable, and finally Pang Gang got angry and drove these old mothers and maids out of her private house, and finally the house quieted down.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wei also left Qingzhou in the same year, and officially took up his post in Jinan under the escort of 2,000 foot soldiers sent by Pang Gang. Replacing Wei in the same year was a Hanlin named Tang Hongbai from the original Hanlin Academy who came down from the capital, but this Tang Hongbai was no longer in the scope of Pang Gang's consideration, because at this time, Qingzhou was firmly in the hands of Pang Gang no matter how big or small, and in the eyes of many generals and officials in Qingzhou, this new Tang Hongbai was just a bodhisattva in the temple.

In Pang Gang's private house in the inner courtyard, Kong Ruolan was chatting with a group of sisters, Pang Gang's three wives and three concubines were all here, and Ruolan was still standing next to her mother and Ling'er, who were always by her side, and there was laughter in the living room.

At this time, Li Xuezhu, the youngest among the sisters, said enviously: "Sister Ruolan, you are so lucky, I am afraid that the husband will love you even more after having a baby, right?" ”

Ruolan's slightly rounded pretty face showed a glow of her mother's surname, and she smiled shallowly: "Sister Xuezhu, if you envy you, you can also let Xianggong spend more effort on you, presumably with Xianggong's love for you, you will soon be pregnant with a baby!" ”

Li Xuezhu stuck out her tongue and smiled: "People don't want to have a baby so soon, Xianggong said, it hurts to give birth to a baby, and he asked people to have a baby a few years older." ”

Li Xuezhu's innocent words made all the women laugh, but only the person concerned knows what flavor is contained in everyone's smile.

Pang Gang's newly admitted concubine Qiao'er stood beside her own young lady, a trace of melancholy flashed in her eyes, as the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, even if it is her own sisters. Among Pang Gang's three wives, Kong Ruolan and Wei Manyao are the most respected, and they were both canonized by Chongzhen as the second rank at the same time, and the children who are most likely to inherit Pang Gang's family business in the future must be born from the children of the two of them.

Among the other daughters, Li Xuezhu is a North Korean princess, and her future children can already be excluded, and the future children of Chen Yuanyuan, Ling'er, and Qiao'er are even more unlikely to inherit Pang Gang's family business.

In Qiao'er's opinion, Miss's father is the governor of Shandong at the moment, and her own young lady is stronger than Kong Ruolan in terms of appearance, talent, and family background, but it is because Kong Ruolan took the lead in becoming a relative to the master, so that now the position of the wife has fallen on her head, although her own young lady is a flat wife, and she was also canonized by the emperor as a second-class edict, but in front of Kong Ruolan, she seems to be faintly pressed, which makes Qiao'er very unconvinced, and now she sees that the whole house seems to be touching her like the stars holding the moon. I have the idea of fighting for my own lady.

As if feeling the resentment in Qiao'er's heart, Wei Manyao, who was talking to Kong Ruolan with a smile on her face, turned her head and glanced at Qiao'er with deep meaning, Qiao'er was swept away by her own young lady's eyes, as if the careful thoughts in her heart had been seen through, Nuo Nuo lowered her head and talked to Kong Ruolan again, Wei Manyao turned around and took Qiao'er back to her room.

Let Qiao'er go and close the door, Wei Manyao sat lightly on the edge of the bed, looking at Qiao'er reserved and silent, Wei Manyao was born in a family of eunuchs, and the education and good self-cultivation she received since childhood made her have a graceful and luxurious atmosphere and bookish atmosphere.

After being stared at like this by Wei Manyao, Rao grew up with his own young lady, and Qiao'er couldn't help but feel empty.

Wei Manyao slowly spoke, "Qiao'er, are you dissatisfied with Sister Ruolan?" ”

"Uh, no, how dare the slave dare to have any dissatisfaction with Sister Ruolan." Qiao'er, who was taken aback, put her hands like windmills and denied it again and again. If the concubines of the Ming Dynasty were found to be dissatisfied, there were a hundred ways to clean up the concubines in the main room, where would Qiao'er dare to admit this crime.

Wei Manyao was angry and funny, and she glanced at Qiao'er and said, "Okay, Qiao'er, you grew up with me since childhood, don't you know what you're thinking?" I know you're worried that if Sister Ruolan robs Mr. and the boy, the mother and son will crush me below in the future, right? ”

"Isn't it?" Qiao'er asked unconvinced, "The slave admits that Sister Ruolan's surname is peaceful and kind, but there are some things that Miss can't help but fight." Although you are the lord's wife, but with your background and strength is no worse than anyone else, if you give birth to a boy in the future, you can inherit the master's family business, but the slave is not in a hurry at all when she looks at you, but she gets up dryly, anyway, Qiao'er can't figure it out. ”

Looking at Qiao'er's slightly upturned cherry lips, Wei Manyao smiled slightly, reached out and gently scraped her little nose: "You little girl, you've only been a bride for a few days, it's so much to be careful, if your eyes are hot, then let Xianggong put more effort into you, and you can give birth to one." ”

"Miss" Qiao'er stretched her voice and said coquettishly: "People are worried about you, you still make fun of people like this." ”

"Okay, I'll stop talking." Wei Manyao saw that Qiao'er was really anxious, and chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I know it." You, you're already a master, and you don't even know the lord's temperament, so you're still a concubine. ”

Wei Manyao paused and said, "Haven't you seen it yet? Our lord doesn't care about what the concubines are in the main room at all, so why should you find yourself unhappy? As for Ruolan's sister being pregnant, it is a happy event for our whole family, we should be happy, we are a family, we can't be like other jealous women with small stomachs, it doesn't make people laugh at us, do you understand? ”

After listening to her young lady's words, Qiao'er blushed and remained silent, and only after a long time did she grab Wei Manyao's arm and shake it coquettishly and said, "Isn't that person worried." ”

"Flutter." Wei Manyao smiled, and her shallot-like jade fingers lightly tapped Qiao'er's Qiong nose: "Okay, you have that jealous mind, it's better to put it somewhere else, and think about everything in a good place, for example, if Sister Ruolan is pregnant, she naturally wants to sleep alone at night, you can ask the master a few more times, and then steal some seeds by the way." ”

Hearing her own lady make fun of herself like this, Qiao'er couldn't help but "Huh! With a bang, he was so ashamed that he fell into Wei Manyao's arms, his little face was so ashamed that he couldn't speak like a big red cloth, and his big eyes blinked and blinked, not knowing what he was thinking

In the study room in the front hall of General Dingguo's mansion, Pang Gang was holding the first meeting after the Chinese New Year. Hua Yan, Lin Feng, Da Zhuang, Li Yuan, Wang Zhi and Tuhai and other military and political personnel were also present.

Pang Gang said to everyone solemnly, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, and everyone should take back their hearts." No matter how good last year's results were, this year's events are imminent. Now that we have more than 200,000 military households, we can't let these people be idle, we must organize them all to seize the time to carry out spring ploughing, open up more wasteland, although Shandong is not a land of fish and rice, but it is not a barren land, we must develop all the places as much as possible, open up more wasteland and a variety of grains, this year's grain planting area should reach more than 2 million mu, and we must ensure that water conservancy is built wherever it is planted, can you do it? ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands!" Hua replied solemnly, he clearly knew that agriculture is fundamental, and if there is not enough food, everything else is useless, no matter how good it is.

"Hmm!" Pang Gang nodded, and said to Lin Feng, who was sitting on the side: "As the governor of Qingzhou, you are responsible for the business of Qingzhou, and now our refined salt has been sold all over Shandong, but this is not enough, you must also grab the refined salt markets in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei and other Jiangnan provinces. ”

"Yes!" Tu Hai put his arm around Lin Feng's shoulders and said, "Governor Lin, don't worry, our Qingzhou Sailor is not a decoration, if that guy dares to play yin with us, brother, I will immediately go and wipe them out." ”

Pang Gang looked at Tu Hai's triumphant appearance and glanced at him and said: "Tu Hai, don't be complacent, after the New Year, your sailors should also be expanded, this official has added 6,000 sailors and 150 ships to your sailors, you have to train them well within half a year, otherwise you will not be the commander of the sailors." ”

"Yes!" Listening to the arduous task assigned to him by Pang Gang, Tu Hai shrank his head and said nothing.

"As for the Army?" Speaking of this, Pang Gang's sharp eyes inadvertently glanced at the people around him, and Da Zhuang and the others, who had been sitting at the table, knew that today's most important issue was coming, and they couldn't help but straighten their chests to make themselves look more energetic.

Pang Gang smiled: "Okay, the last and most important topic today is here." Everyone has also heard that we are going to recruit soldiers again, and the amount of new conscription is quite a lot, more than 10,000 people. In this way, our men and horses will be expanded, and the current establishment is no longer suitable, so this officer decided to organize our men and horses into five battalions, each with 5,000 people, and two artillery battalions, so that it is more convenient to command and mobilize. Therefore, the officer decided to appoint five guerrillas from the army to manage the men and horses of these five battalions in a unified manner. ”

Speaking of this, Pang Gang paused deliberately. Everyone held their breath, staring at Pang Gang's lips one by one, expecting him to spit out the name they wanted to hear.

Probably thinking that he had adjusted everyone's appetite enough, Pang Gang smiled and said solemnly: "The generals will listen to the order!" ”

"Whoa!" All the officers in the conference room stood up and looked at Pang Gang solemnly.

Pang Gang looked at the generals and said word by word: "The following official announces the appointment!" The 1st Battalion Guerrilla Huang Chunsheng, the 2nd Battalion Guerrilla Wang Zhi, the 3rd Battalion Guerrilla Li Yuan, the 4th Battalion Guerrilla Bin Shiqian, the 5th Battalion Guerrilla Cheng Kai, the 1st Artillery Battalion Guerrilla Dong Guo, and the 2nd Artillery Battalion Guerrilla Lu Kuanliang"

Everyone who was named by Pang Gang stood with their heads held high, their chests straight. Everyone was not surprised by these officers who were appointed as guerrillas, they were either the first old men to follow Pang Gang or they had a skill, and they deserved to be guerrillas.

After announcing the appointment, Pang Gang waved his hand and ordered everyone to sit down, and then said: "Okay, the appointment of this official is finished, but the matter is not over!" Now the five battalions of soldiers and horses are still an empty shell, and everyone has to work hard to build, starting from tomorrow, everyone has recruited the officer, and after the conscription, they have to train well, if they don't practice well, don't blame the officer for not being emotional. In our Qingzhou army, the capable have always been on the top, and those who can't are down, and no one wants to occupy the pit and not, understand? ”

The hearts of the people sank, and they replied loudly: "Yes, follow the teachings of the adults!" ”

As the meeting ended, the tense conscription began again. In Qingzhou, there was a strange thing this year, that is, the common people of Qingzhou and the young and strong military households showed unusual enthusiasm for serving as soldiers and eating food.

In other places, only those who can't survive and the village or market scoundrels will embark on this road, after all, the concept of good men not being soldiers and being good iron and not nails in China for thousands of years has been deeply rooted in the hearts of ordinary people. But this set does not work in Qingzhou, Qingzhou has been a place of fierce folk customs since ancient times, and has always been a good place for conscription, and the Qingzhou Army of Cao Ying's world-shaking reputation during the Three Kingdoms is the best proof.

In addition, although the salary of the Qingzhou Army under the command of Pang Gang is not high, the welfare is very good, not only can the family members get an extra 20 acres of land, if they are killed in battle, if the parents of the fallen officers and soldiers have no one to support them, they will be supported by the government, and the children will also be raised by the government. In addition, it is stipulated in the army that forty percent of all captured during the war can be owned by individuals, and many officers and soldiers have made a lot of money when they come back because they have gone to war with a huge number of people, and they have married their daughters-in-law and built new houses, and they have envied their neighbors to death.

Therefore, as soon as the Qingzhou conscription order came out, many people rushed to the conscription site as if their heads were broken, and the quota of more than 10,000 recruits was soon filled.

Not to mention that Pang Gang is busy recruiting soldiers, let's just say that the Qing Kingdom at this time is quite embarrassed.

Since Amin returned from the defeat in Korea, he was stripped of all his official positions by the angry Huang Taiji, and was demoted to a commoner, if it weren't for the brothers who pleaded for him, Amin would have nine lives to be destroyed by Huang Taiji.

Although Amin was severely punished, Huang Taiji still held back the fire in his belly, and sent Amin's family to Nuer Gandusi to fish with an order.

This New Year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was very different from the later history, first there was the faux pas of the Azig invasion, and then there was the defeat of Korea.

In the second half of the first month, in the study room of the Chongzheng Hall of the Shengjing Imperial Palace, Huang Taiji was sitting on a bright yellow soft couch, looking at the reports flying like snowflakes everywhere, his thick eyebrows wrinkled tightly.

After a long time, Huang Taiji sighed lightly, put the music in his hand on the case, lay on the soft couch, and gently pressed his temples with both hands, once to relieve the faint pain in his head.

At this time, a burst of light footsteps came from behind him, and a pair of soft little hands gently pressed on the top of Huang Taiji's head, and the strength and rhythm were relaxed, which greatly relieved Huang Taiji's headache.

Huang Taiji didn't need to look to know who was coming, he sighed softly: "Hey, it's still Da Yu'er's craftsmanship, which makes people feel so comfortable." ”

I only heard a crisp chuckle behind me, "The emperor will be relieved, how can the concubine's craftsmanship be on the table." ”

With the sound of words, a pretty face that was happy and disgusted appeared in front of Huang Taiji. This is a tall, pretty, dressed in traditional full clothes, about twenty-five or six years old, he is the Mongolian Horqin tribe, the second daughter of Bel Zhaisan. Qing Taizong loves Xinjueluo. The concubine of the Emperor Taiji, Borzigit. Bumu Butai, that is, the queen of Xiaozhuang in later generations.

(To be continued)