The afternoon sun shines on the earth, making people warm, and if there is a gust of autumn wind blowing, it is so comfortable that people almost moan.

Pang Gang was lying on the chaise longue under the grape trellis in front of the house, at this time he was wearing a wide robe, his feet were on a small bench in front of him, and in front of him was a young woman wearing a lake-green thin dress and looking picturesque, who was sitting on the side and slowly feeding him with grapes, so leisurely.

Under the grape trellis, Li Xuezhu and Qiao'er were quietly talking privately.

And Kong Ruolan, who was already pot-bellied, was sitting on Pang Gang's left, and there were two fifteen or sixteen-year-old maids and two old mothers standing beside her who were nervously waiting for her.

On the right side of Pang Gang is sitting Wei Manyao, Wei Manyao at this moment is much plumper compared to before Pang Gang set out on the expedition, even the original melon seed face has become much rounder, her lower abdomen is also slightly bulging at the moment, it turns out that Wei Manyao is also pregnant. This is the best news that Pang Gang heard after returning to Qingzhou, and Pang Gang immediately set up a banquet in the Dingguo General's Mansion for three consecutive days to celebrate that he had a second child.

Pang Gang was lying on the recliner, a bully Rouyi grabbed a grape and stretched it out towards his mouth, Pang Gang opened his big mouth and said "wow" to bite it, which frightened the owner of this hand out in shock, and then kept knocking Pang Gang's shoulder with a pair of pink fists.

"Husband, you are necrotic, people are kind enough to feed you, and you are still scared."

Looking at the beautiful woman with shame and anger, knocking on himself angrily, Pang Gang smiled and said: "Just kidding you, I didn't expect you to be so scared." ”

This beauty is Chen Yuanyuan, and she is not really angry, but she is a little shy with so many sisters around her at the moment.

Pang Gang stretched out comfortably, his eyes looked at Kong Ruolan, Wei Manyao, Chen Yuanyuan, Li Xuezhu, Ling'er, and Qiao'er, Yan Thin Ring Fat was all there, and there was an indescribable satisfaction in his heart.

In later life, his biggest ideal is only to marry a daughter-in-law who is not ordinary, buy a house in the bustling city, and finally get married and have children, and pass on the lineage. As for marrying six daughters-in-law like this now, it was something that I had never even dreamed of, but now it has come true in a dream.

What are you working hard for now, isn't it just to protect your relatives and let your daughter-in-law live a good life, but unfortunately, now is not the time to relax, in the words of a big man in later generations, "the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard", and now they are like sailing against the current, if they do not advance, they will retreat, if they are just satisfied with the current situation, they don't know how to die in the future.

Looking at Pang Gang with a thoughtful face, Chen Yuanyuan, who had not yet recovered from his shyness, saw a figure flashing in front of him, and couldn't help but gently push him: "Okay, husband, don't be in a daze, get up, Mr. Wen is here." ”

"Wen Renjun, what is he doing here?" Pang Gang, who was rarely gathering with his daughter-in-law, sat up and turned his head to look to the right, but didn't Wen Renjun walk slowly.

It is said that after Wen Renjun took refuge in Pang Gang, his talent was quickly recognized by Pang Gang, this guy not only has certain insights into military affairs, but also has a set of general trends in the imperial court and in dealing with internal affairs, which even Huayan has to bow down.

But it's also a little bad, since Pang Gang casually said to him that he doesn't have to report to the backyard of the Dingguo General's Mansion from now on, this guy comes in with a swagger every time, which makes Pang Gang a little itchy, and my brother just said casually, you still take it seriously.

Soon, Wen Renjun strode over, and when he came to Pang Gang, he stood three steps in front of him, and bowed to Pang Gang with a salute, "I have seen my lords and ladies when I came to him. ”

Wen Renjun's movements are very chic and smooth, with the wisp under his chin and his face like a crown of jade, if it is in the later life, this guy can charm a large group of deep young women with his appearance, which makes Pang Gang very envious in his heart, if his brother also has his appearance, he will not have graduated for several years in the later life and is still playing singles. ”

Seeing that her husband was about to talk, Kong Ruolan and her daughters were very interested in saying a blessing to Wen Renjun and then walked away with lotus steps. And the dissolute Wen Renjun is also very knowledgeable and stares at his feet, he is a smart man, he knows what can be debauched, and what mistakes must not be made.

"Alright, sit down."

Pang Gang lazily pointed to the stone bench next to him, and then picked up a bunch of grapes from the stone table and handed it to Wen Renjun.

"Tell me, what do you have to report?"

Wen Renjun didn't eat the grapes after the fruit, but said in a low voice: "My lord, Hubei came to report, now Li Zicheng is getting more and more fierce, they have captured De'an Mansion last month, and now they are approaching Xiangyang, if Xiangyang is taken by them, then they can attack Wuchang Mansion without worries, if Wuchang Mansion falls, then the entire Hubei will fall into the hands of thieves." ”

Pang Gang nodded: "Well, Li Zicheng is not an incompetent person, and being able to capture De'an Mansion also proves that he is still level." ”

For this rebel leader who forced Chongzhen to hang himself on a crooked neck tree in history, although Pang Gang was very contemptuous of his strategic vision, he still admired his tenacious vitality. This guy is purely a weed, if you cut him a stubble, he will soon grow another stubble, this is not long, people have an army of 100,000, brother has worked so hard to grow crops and do business, until now there are only more than 50,000 troops and less than 20,000 sailors.

Seeing that Pang Gang was pondering, Wen Renjun didn't dare to disturb, just silently waited aside, and after a while, he heard Pang Gang mutter: "This guy can really toss, do you want to send troops to Hubei to solve him?" ”

When Wen Renjun heard this, he was startled, and couldn't help but quickly stop: "My lord, don't do it." ”

"Well, what's not to do?" Pang Gang, who came back to his senses, looked at Wen Renjun's nervous face and asked curiously.

"Didn't you say that you want to send troops to Hubei, this is absolutely unacceptable."

Looking at the nervous Wen Renjun, Pang Gang couldn't help but laugh dumbly, but seeing Wen Renjun's anxious appearance, he couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, this Wen Renjun was still very sober, and he was not blindly immersed in the past achievements of the Qingzhou Army. Although the current Shandong has been vigorously rectified by Pang Gang and Wei in the same year, after all, the time is still short, and it is not enough to support the needs of the war too huge, although relying on the golden finger of the mutated "Encyclopedia of Modern Weapons", the equipment of the Qingzhou Army can be said to have entered the era of hot weapons in advance, but this does not mean that they can really run rampant, the war is the comprehensive strength, and the current Shandong is not strong enough, and their territory is not big enough, so they must be careful in everything.

"Okay, this official didn't say that he was going to attack Hubei immediately, why are you in a hurry." Pang Gang chuckled and gave Wen Renjun a reassurance.

Wen Renjun calmed down after hearing Pang Gang say this, and said embarrassedly: "My lord, I am just worried about the lowly position, but I am too worried about the lowly position." ”

Pang Gang waved his hand indifferently, "It's good that you can think like this, as the saying goes, one person counts short, and two people count long, and this official is not a saint, and there are times when things go wrong, so I need you to remind him more." ”

"My lord is really humble and humble, and he has been taught." Wen Renjun bowed in admiration and bowed to Pang Gang.

What Wen Renjun admires most about Pang Gang is not his Wentao martial arts strategy, but Pang Gang's mind, which is more important than anything else in Wen Renjun's opinion. As a superior, you are not required to know everything, and you can even be literate, but there is one quality you must have, that is, you must be able to employ people, and you must have a mind that can tolerate people, and this huge person in front of you has it.

It's just that Wen Renjun doesn't know that his huge man is used to seeing those leaders who don't know how to pretend to understand in later generations, and he knows the harm of laymen leading insiders, so he will be very relieved to hand over to people who know how to do what he doesn't understand.

Just when Pang Gang and Wen Renjun were discussing the situation in Hebei, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Pang Gang looked up and saw that it was Hua Yanzheng hurrying over.

As soon as he saw Pang Gang, he shouted: "My lord, Gonggong Ma has arrived outside the mansion, and he wants to see you." ”

Confused, Pang Gang asked puzzledly, "What Ma Gonggong?" Hua experience, can you make it clear? ”

Hua Yan said anxiously: "Which other Ma Gonggong is the Ma Gonggong who came to Hexi last time when you were overjoyed!" ”

Pang Gang was stunned: "It turned out to be him, what is he doing here, do you still want to come to fight the autumn wind?" ”

"Who knows?" Hua Yan smiled bitterly: "He only brought a few brocade guards with him, and now he is waiting outside the mansion gate, my lord, do you want to see him?" ”

Pang Gang closed his eyes and groaned for a while before opening his eyes and said, "Wen Zanhua, Hua Experience, do you think this official should see him?" ”

Wen Renjun and Hua Yan pondered for a long time, and after the two sides looked at each other, Hua Yan said: "It stands to reason that Gonggong Ma must have come to the emperor's will, and it is not okay for us not to see it, but in terms of our current relationship with the imperial court, it is only in your mind whether to see or not, and it is better for you to decide." ”

"Exactly!" Wen Renjun also said: "Anyway, we have already turned the face of the court, what you see or not is up to your heart, if you don't see them, you will drive them away." ”

Pang Gang looked at the two of them and couldn't help but smile: "You obviously want this official to see that Ma Gonggong, but you don't know what to say, and you still use words to squeeze Ke this official, if this official does this and spreads it, won't it seem that this official is arrogant and unreasonable." ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" The two saw that their careful thoughts were seen through by Pang Gang, but there was no trace of shame on their faces, but they smiled and bowed.

Pang Gang waved his hand: "Okay, let that Ma Gonggong come in, this official wants to see what he is doing again?" ”

Soon, Ma Gonggong, who had a dusty face, hurriedly walked in with the unique broken steps of eunuchs, followed by two brocade guards, and Ma Gonggong said to Pang Gang as soon as he saw Pang Gang: "Eh, huge people, our family has finally seen you, if we can't see you, our family will have to wipe our neck!" ”

Pang Gang didn't go out of his way to change his clothes, he still wore a pair of slippers and a loose gown and stood up, greeted him with a smile, and saw that there was an extra gold wire on the cuffs of the blue eunuch costume on Gonggong Ma's body, which was the mark of the eunuch of the leader of the four grades, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Gonggong Ma, I haven't seen you for half a year since I said goodbye last time, and I have been promoted again, congratulations." ”

Gonggong Ma said with a smile on his face: "What we do as slaves and maids is the emperor's grace, but the emperor rewarded our family last time with the position of the chief eunuch of an internal official and eunuch (mainly in charge of purchasing the utensils used by the emperor, such as screens, beds, tables and cabinets, etc.), which is nothing." ”

Pang Gang looked at Gonggong Ma's words, although he was modest, he still couldn't hide the smug color on his face, and couldn't help but laugh, wanting to tease him, so he said: "Gonggong Ma, you are also promoted, but according to your talent, you dare to be the head of an inner palace eunuch is a concubine, according to this official, you should have more room for development." For example, the direct palace supervisor and the metropolitan governor are not bad, why not go there to serve, what do you think? ”

"Huge people, you you"

Ma Gonggong's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he trembled and pointed at Pang Gang, who was speechless for a while. In his heart, he was angry and afraid, although the internal official supervisor he served now was not as good as the two most popular yamen, the ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor, he was responsible for the procurement of sundries in the palace, and he still had some oil and water. And the eunuch of the straight hall and the eunuch of the capital know one sweeps the floor and cleans, and the other department responsible for emptying the toilet, they are all thankless yamen, and it doesn't cost him his life to let him go there to serve.

"Hahaha, father-in-law, don't blame, the official is just joking with you, and besides, you are a person in the palace, no matter how long the official's hand is, it can't reach out to the palace."

Seeing that Ma Gonggong was so angry, Pang Gang couldn't help laughing and beckoned Ma Gonggong to sit down.

"Oh my huge man, our family is cowardly, don't scare our family." Ma Gonggong, who was frightened out of a cold sweat, stretched out his sleeve to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, sat on the stone bench, and reached out regardless of the image to grab the remaining grapes on the table and ate them, and said while eating: "Huge man, our family is thirsty, and I want to ask you for a cup of tea first." ”

"Oh, Grandpa Ma, look at it, it's the official's rudeness." Pang Gang slapped his forehead and said apologetically: "Come on, serve tea!" ”

When Ma Gonggong sat down, Pang Gang moved his eyes to the two brocade guards who had been standing behind Ma Gonggong, these two brocade guards were burly and embroidered with spring knives at their waists, looking very majestic. Pang Gang nodded to the two and said, "These two brothers of Jinyiwei must also be thirsty, so let's sit down and have a cup of tea together." ”

The two brocade-clothed guards stood in place but did not move, and one brocade-clothed guard said angrily: "Lord Xie, it is the villain's duty to protect Ma Gonggong, and he dare not overstep it." ”

"Hmm!"

Pang just said it casually, but when he heard that this little brocade guard dared to contradict him, he couldn't help but stare at it, looked back and forth on the two of them, and his face involuntarily showed a look of not being angry and arrogant, mixed with the evil aura of the superior and the fighting on the battlefield over the years, and rushed towards the two brocade guards.

Pang Gang's eyes were not tight, the two brocade guards only felt a great pressure surging from the front, their whole bodies couldn't help but tremble, and their legs and stomachs trembled, and the two of them only felt that it was not a person sitting in front of them, but a fierce tiger staring at them, if it wasn't for the two of them, they were afraid that they would have knelt down long ago.

Ma Gonggong next to him looked at it, and the secret way was not good, it seemed that the two behind him had offended the master in front of him, and he was about to open his mouth to intercede for the two subordinates, but Pang Gang just glared at it and then smiled: "Okay, the two brothers can be loyal to their duties, this is very good." Come on, give these two brothers a cup of tea too! ”

It was only at this time that the two frightened Jinyi guards felt that their backs were already wet, and they felt in their hearts that the majesty of this Dingguo general was really too terrifying.

"It's coming!"

At this time, the two maids in the inner courtyard walked out quickly, holding a tray, and served a cup of tea to everyone present, even the two brocade guards behind Ma Gonggong had a share, and the two took the teacup and drank it all and thanked the two maids repeatedly.

Pang Gang didn't pay attention to these two anymore, and turned his head to Ma Gonggong, who had just put down the teaglass, and said, "Ma Gonggong didn't come to drink tea this time, but now that you have drunk the tea, it's time to talk about business." ”

"This"

Ma Gonggong looked around, and couldn't help but say with a look of embarrassment: "Huge man, talk here"

Pang Gang waved his hand indifferently: "There is nothing to say to others, all of you here are your own brothers, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"That's fine!"

Ma Gonggong hurriedly smiled, his eyes swept over the two officials who were obviously staff members sitting next to Pang Gang, and when he saw the flash of emotion in the eyes of the two of them, he couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart that Pang Gang's mastery was profound, and a casual word could move people.

"Huge people, now I am worried about internal and external troubles in the Ming Dynasty, and a few days ago, the thieves were ravaging several cities in Hubei, so the emperor was worried and couldn't sleep all night, but you also know the current situation of my Ming Dynasty. There are no soldiers, no money, and no generals in the imperial court, and I want to see that I have a good country."

Speaking of this, Ma Gonggong's eyes turned red, and he took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped the corners of his eyes, while observing the front with his peripheral vision. But what he saw was Pang Gang's expressionless eyes, and even the two officials beside him were watching their noses and noses, as if they had nothing to do with themselves, sitting in the same place fixedly.

Ma Gonggong couldn't help but hate in his heart, this Pang Gang was really hard-hearted, and he was moved by what he said, but he still remained silent.

sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that there is no actual benefit, and this Dingguo general will not be moved

(To be continued)