Wu Ling ran to the wall door and looked around, then came back and said, "Young Master, that Laifu is really gone." He added: "The young master is suspicious that he is a member of the Huating Dong family, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It doesn't look like he's deceitful when he talks and behaves, but anyway, I don't know how well he can take him in the house, and the home is not a nursing home." "In the past, Shi Shuang was hired by Yi Ting, Shi Shuang came with his family, this Laifu is alone, no matter how honest and begging he is, he can't accept it, if he can meet him in Huating in the future, he will go to Huating - Mu Zhenzhen walked over from the well: "Young master, the water is ready, will you bathe." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'll go see my mother first." ”

When he went up to the south floor to see his mother, Zhang Yuan asked Shang Ran when he would return to Huiji? Zhang's mother Lu smiled and said: "You go to the school palace to worship the saint, Miss Ran will go back to Huiji, because my mother really likes her, I really want her to enter the door of my Zhang family early, my son now has a reputation for talent, is it time to agree with the Shang family on the time of welcome?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Let's wait until the end of the year, things have been complicated recently, I have to send my sister back to Qingpu, and I have to go to Guozijian to study, and my father will definitely come back at the end of the year." ”

This is also true, Zhang's mother Lu nodded, and said: "You are in Xiucai, your sister is very happy, but after all, she is now a member of the Lu family in Qingpu, and she has been in Shanyin for a long time, and she is a little uneasy in her heart, your brother-in-law originally said that he would come to pick up her mother and son in April, but he has not come yet, Ruoxi is very worried." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I will write to my brother-in-law to ask about the situation, if my brother-in-law has no time to pick up my sister, then I will send my sister back." ”

Zhang Ruoxi coaxed the two children to sleep, and when she came to her mother's room, she happened to hear her younger brother Zhang Yuan say that she would send her back, so she pretended to be ashamed and said, "What, are you tired of your sister living here for a long time!" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Mother, look at my sister, I framed me by reversing black and white." ”

Zhang's mother Lu smiled and said: "Ruoxi, my mother and your brother actually wish that you would live in Shanyin for a long time, and it is you who are worried about Qingpu." ”

Zhang Ruoxi sat down beside her mother, fanned her mother with a fan in her hand, sighed softly, and said: "Originally, I didn't worry about staying for a little longer, but the last time Lu Lang wrote that the traitor Chen Ming was released with a light sentence, the old man in the family was very angry, and now I don't know what happened over there." ”

Zhang Yuan returned to the small building in the back garden, wrote a letter to his brother-in-law Lu Tao after bathing, and found out the letter that Yang Shixiang gave him at the beginning of the month, Yang Shixiang asked him to comment on a collection of current literature for his bookstore, this time the remuneration has risen to three hundred taels, it seems that last year's collection of current literature made Yang Shixiang a lot of profit - when Zhang Yuan wrote to Lu Tao and Yang Shixiang again, Mu Zhenzhen was reading "Historical Records" on the side, she had read more than half of the 130-volume "Historical Records", this fallen girl read books very slowly, staring at the past word by word, the book is slow, but the surname is good, Most of the books she has read can be answered by Zhang Yuan, of course, books like "Historical Records" that seem to tell stories are relatively easy to remember.

Tonight Mu Zhenzhen watched "General Li's Biography Forty-ninth", writing the story of the flying general Li Guangzhi and Yongquan, Li Guangbai rode out of thousands of Huns, and after being captured, he wittily killed the enemy and fled back, Mu Zhenzhen saw it thrilling, and then Li Guang killed himself, Mu Zhenzhen's tears were about to flow out, she covered her cheeks and looked at the young master who was writing a letter, and wanted the young master to ask her about the flying general Li Guang, but the young master was obviously preoccupied tonight, and did not pay attention to her - the roof of the building "banged" softly, and it was raining again, Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly went to the back porch to collect the clothes to dry, and when he walked back, he saw the young master standing in the corridor in front of the door of the study and looking at the sinking water of the Mash River downstairs, so he said: "Has the young master written a letter, the maid will wash the pen." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Really wait a minute, I have something to say to you." ”

Mu Zhenzhen said "um", stood beside the young master, held his hands lightly at his waist, and waited for the young master to ask, his heart was a little "pounding".

Zhang Yuan said: "I went to school this time, and I can be exempted from the errand service of the second ding in the family, and your father can be exempted from the errand service in the future." Seeing Mu Zhenzhen's body move, he knew that this fallen girl was going to kneel and thank him, so he hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Wait until I finish speaking." ”

"Young Master-" Mu Zhenzhen stood still, his blue eyes teary-eyed.

Zhang Yuan said: "I still have to find a way out for your father, that is, to join the army, the road to the army is not so easy to walk, you have to fight with your surname, you go and call your father, I want to ask him what he thinks." ”

Mu Zhenzhen agreed, hurriedly went downstairs, Wu Ling walked over, he heard what the young master said to Mu Zhenzhen, and said suddenly: "Young master, Xiao Wu is also sixteen years old this year-"

Zhang Yuan didn't understand what Wu Ling meant, and said with a smile: "I know, you also want to be exempted, right, two places, one Uncle Mu, and the other is you." ”

Wu Ling jumped up with joy and said repeatedly: "Thank you, young master, thank you, young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "In two years, I will marry a wife for you, and I will also give you citizenship." ”

Wu Ling heard the previous sentence and was even more happy, in two years, the young grandmother will definitely marry, and Yun Jin will also come over, and then ask the young grandmother to marry Yun Jin Xu to him, it should be a good thing, but when he heard the latter sentence, Wu Ling's face changed, and he hurriedly asked: "What does this mean, young master, Xiao Wu has always been the Zhang family?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I, Zhang Yuan, don't keep slaves, you can stay in the Zhang family like Shi Shuang in the future, and I will hire you." ”

Wu Ling said: "The young master treats his subordinates so kindly, he is a slave in the Zhang family and lives better than ordinary people, there is no need to worry about natural disasters [***], Xiao Wu is reluctant to go out of the country, and it costs a lot of silver to redeem himself, and Xiao Wu can't afford to save it." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Since I let you out of the country, of course I don't need you to pay the silver-"

Wu Ling said: "I don't want to give out if I don't have money, so I am willing to serve the young master." Xin said: "It is very likely that you will not be able to marry Yunjin if you are out of the country." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it in two years." "Slave storage is the vice of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, a big squire will have a large number of people who sell themselves to take refuge, and once the squire is convicted and loses power, the slave will go away, and even have the anti-occupation of the main land, the pit of the old master's assets and transfer to the new upstart, just like the serf Chen Ming of the Lu family in Qingpu, causing endless trouble to the Lu family, as for the large-scale slave mutiny, that is, the domestic slave riot, which occurred after the Ding Revolution, the social order was chaotic, and the house slaves responded to a thousand calls, and went to the master's door to force the deed, beat the master, insulted the housewife, and even stabbed the master. This is quite similar to the landlord fighting more than 300 years later - the stairs sounded, Mu Zhenzhen and her father Mu Jingyan came up, Mu Jingyan knelt down more than a foot away and said: "The young master has the grace of re-creation for the villain's father and daughter, but the young master has orders, and the villain obeys all orders." ”

Mu Zhenzhen saw her father kneeling, and she quickly knelt down too.

Zhang Yuan grabbed a few steps, helped Mu Jingyan's father and daughter up, and said, "Go into the study and talk." ”

Mu Jingyan followed Zhang Yuan into the study, stood with his hands down, and heard the young master say: "Uncle Mu, I once promised you to make meritorious contributions to the army, and now I think the time should come, but I want to make it clear to you that joining the army is extremely cruel, and it is possible to let the enemy kill you in the first battle, are you still willing to take this road?" ”

Mu Jingyan felt that the blood around his body was hot, and the surname Shang Wutian, who had been suppressed for many years, instantly became enthusiastic, and said in a deep voice: "Although the villain is from a humble background, he is unwilling to die of old age like this, the young master is willing to show the villain a path to join the army, and the villain has no regrets even if he dies." ”

Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly shouted: "Daddy-"

Mu Jingyan smiled and said: "Zhenzhen, you are by the side of Young Master Jiezi, Daddy can rest assured, Daddy is Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, he wants to fight hard, there was no chance to fight before, Young Master can give this opportunity, I will never let it go." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, next month you go with me to Kunshan to find a general named Juniper, this person was once the general soldier of Liaodong, because of the killing of good and merit by the courtiers impeached, Le returned to the township, Juniper was born in the general, brave and good at fighting, I expect the court will be re-used, I will try to let you vote under his command." ”

Jun Song is the key figure in the Battle of Salhu five years later, it is precisely because of the 60,000 Ming troops led by Jun Song that the enemy rashly advanced, which led to the fiasco of Salhu, Mr. Huang Renyu, an expert in Ming history, wrote a paper on "1619 Liaodong Campaign", on the inevitable surname of proving the defeat of the army, but Zhang Yuan thought that this must contain a lot of accidents, and changing some of them should affect the entire trend of the war - the battle of Salhu was a turning point in the growth and decline of the Ming and Houjin forces, and Zhang Yuan must exert his prophetic influence in this battle, Otherwise, Liaodong will be difficult to clean up, whether Yuan Chonghuan or Sun Chengzong can only tinker and defend passively, and they are simply unable to counterattack Houjin, of course, Houjin's military strength is strong, Nurhachi has been above the Ming Dynasty after destroying the Haixi Jurchens, that is, Hulun Sibubu, and Zhang Yuan is still just a Jiangnan Xiucai, time is not waiting, and he is not allowed to lay out, but as long as he grasps the key and can affect the main general Juniper, then even if it is not enough to completely turn the tide of the war, can it be done to avoid a fiasco like the historical facts?

Now, in the forty-second year of Wanli, Jun Song is living in Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture, maybe next year, the imperial court will reinstate Jun Song as the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, Mu Jingyan will be a strong general if he can follow Jun Song.

Xiucai doesn't go out and cares about the world.

…… Shaoxing Mansion Road Examination lasted 20 days before and after, Wang Tixue should immediately rush to Ningbo Mansion to preside over the Taoist examination, Zhejiang 11 Prefecture all the exams to complete five months, April 26 morning, Zhang Yuan led by all the new students to the Sanjiang Gate Wharf to send the great master to Ningbo Mansion, Wang Tixue encouraged all the students to study angrily to explore the principles of the sages, early said that the study has been successful to serve the court, specially called Zhang Yuan forward, admonished: "You are the first in the Shaoxing Mansion Road Examination, you will enter the country as a tribute to study, the enrollment period will be at the end of July, you have to do it yourself, As a teacher, I have the most expectations for you, and I hope you can go to high school next year. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Students must cultivate their hearts and minds, study hard, and he said that he will serve the country with what he has learned and live up to the expectations of his teacher." ”

Sent away the great master, all the beings returned to their hometowns, at the end of the time, Zhang Yuan returned to the East Zhang Mansion, Zhang Cao came to invite him to the mirror workshop to see the newly developed telescope developed by the mirror craftsman, Zhang Yuan said happily: "Is the telescope made?" "I was about to go out with Zhang Cao, but I saw a letter from the porter, which was written by Lu Tao in Qingpu, and before Zhang Yuan's letter was sent, Lu Tao's letter arrived first.

(To be continued)