In the evening, Li Mingyu set up a banquet in the back house of the official office to catch the wind and wash the dust for Zhao Lie, and at noon there was already a reception banquet in Fan Ji Restaurant, so in the evening, it was a family banquet. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Mingyu's wife, two sons, Li Ji and Li Hong, daughters-in-law Jiang and Lu, two grandsons, a granddaughter and Li Lin are all accompanied, one table for men and one table for women, because Zhao Lie is familiar with the Li family, there is no screen between the two tables.

Li Ji is already a year old, calm bearing, gentle speech, quite a father's style, four years ago in high school, Li Hong twenty-four or five, pale, thin, retain a bit of young people's vitality, for Zhao Lie's overseas experience is very curious, there are many inquiries.

Of course, Li Mingyu did not discuss Zhao Lie's matter with his sons in detail, but only said that the young man was unwilling to settle for the deserted guardhouse, and preferred to go to sea for more experience, so he was absent for a long time, and the general affairs were left to him.

Li Lin was silent, just listening to everyone's gossip on the side, very bored.

"How many days will Master Li come back and live in the Thousand Households?" Li Ji asked.

"Over the past few years, I have been tired from going back and forth to the sea, through wind and rain, and I am afraid that I will have to rest for more time this time." Zhao Lie is indeed a little tired of the sea journey.

Li Lin's eyes flickered, but he didn't say much. Mrs. Li noticed this, and her heart was even more depressed, she talked about marriage many times in the past two years, Li Lin just didn't allow it, saying that she had no intention of getting married, and was willing to serve her parents at home, so that Li Mingyu and his wife were anxious, but they also knew that her temperament was thin-skinned and too proud, and if the consequences of using force were unimaginable, it would be delayed so far.

"Overseas immortal mountains are mostly strange and chaotic, and they should not be believed. On the contrary, the thousands of military households under the jurisdiction of adults live comfortably and prosperously. It is the premier place of the Ming Dynasty. This is the political achievement of adults. Li Ji said.

"What the eldest brother said is extremely true, the merits of adults are praised by everyone in the thousands of households, and compared with the neighboring thousands of households, it is even more different, and now the neighboring families are proud of marrying into the military families of the thousands of households." After Li Hong drank some rice wine, his face was slightly red, and he was much better.

"I will be out for many years, and most of the things in the office are Mr. Li's work. All that thousands of households can have today is Mr. Li's work. Zhao Lie hurriedly excused himself.

"Your Excellency doesn't have to be too humble, I'm just acting on the orders of my lord here, and if it's meritorious, it's a small merit." Li Mingyu said with a smile.

"It's a pity, my lord is a martial artist." Li Ji sighed.

Their brothers have traveled all the way, many places have famines, starvation is everywhere, thieves are rampant, if it is not for the old father to send someone to escort them, I am afraid that they will not be able to get here, but they will see a paradise-like scene in a thousand households. Compared with the two, he deeply admired Zhao Lie. also sighed, in the eyes of him, Zhao Lie was a crude martial artist after all, and it was impossible to get the opportunity to rule the world.

"In today's world, this general is fortunate to be a warrior, he can protect the country in peace, and he can kill the enemy chieftain outside, fortunately." Zhao Lie let out a long laugh and said loudly.

The two brothers looked at each other, they were well versed in history books, and of course they understood that only the generals of the troubled times could be famous, and Zhao Lie's words were hinting at the future of the troubled times.

Li Mingyu looked at the tall and swarthy young man in front of him with a complicated mood, the confusion and youth were no longer in him, and now in front of him was a vassal lord full of confidence, majesty, and ambition, yes, Li Mingyu regarded Zhao Lie as the vassal lord of the Zhao domain, sitting on tens of thousands of water infantry troops, dozens of giant ships, facing the sea in the east, sitting and watching the Ming Dynasty, waiting for the opportunity to move.

No one understands Zhao Lie's fearfulness like him, and a few years ago he predicted that the construction of slaves outside the gate would become a big disaster, and the Ming Dynasty would be unstable internally.

Now Jiannu is besieging Ningjin, and the Ming Dynasty only has a few cities left in Liaodong, and even North Korea is beaten by Jiannu all over the ground looking for teeth, and bending his knees to sue for peace.

Since last year, there has been a drought and little rain in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, and the crops have failed and the harvest has failed, but the Ming cabinet and household departments have not been able to come up with any money to help the victims.

The civil unrest has not stopped, the military rebellion has risen again, the southwest is chaotic, the southeast is unstable, Shandong and other places have failed to harvest, the Ming Dynasty is really chaotic, and the prophecy of this young and vulgar military general is confirmed everywhere, it is really terrible, if Zhao Lie is a vulgar martial artist, then the Ming court is full of people who have no eyes.

"Drunken nonsense is not enough, and there is no need to worry about it. Drink, drink. Zhao Lie saw the surprised expressions of the two brothers, and couldn't help but wonder, he still overestimated their ability to bear it.

"My lord, they have been studying the scriptures and history since they knew the matter, and they have never gone out to practice, and they talk a lot, not as good as adults, although they are young, they have already gone into battle to kill Jiannu, dismounted to govern the guards, and have been trained for a long time, and they can't be tricked." Li Mingyu said helplessly, although his son is older than Zhao Lie, but he can't do general affairs behind closed doors, and he can't compare with Zhao Lie.

"Father, although the places are not very peaceful now, they may not be as critical as the adults say." Li Ji said, it is also a euphemistic refutation of Zhao Lie's statement, after all, Zhao Lie's father and son are the proprietors of the old father, and it is difficult to refute it directly.

Li Hong glanced at Zhao Lie, very angry, but he was just a black charcoal head, just more experience, and his father's praise was too much.

"Today's family dinner, this matter will be discussed later." Li Mingyu interrupted the topic, and his son's questions would be made clear in the future, so he would not say more.

"My lord, the little woman heard that most of Xiyi's red hair and curly hair are curly, I don't know if that's the case." Li Lin asked, she was using this to change the topic, so that the two brothers did not have to be too embarrassed, of course, she had her own thoughts about the Yiren matters mentioned.

Li Mingyu and his wife glanced at each other, knowing Li Lin's thoughts.

"Xiyi is divided into dozens of countries, some have black hair and black eyes, and some have slightly whiter skin than us, and some have yellow hair, red hair, blue eyes, or green eyes. The list goes on. Most of the eye sockets are deep, the cheekbones are bulging, and the body is taller than my Mingren. Zhao Lie smiled and popularized, he said in his heart that women care about such gossip issues.

"Bearded hair, eyes are still so colored, hiss, isn't it terrifying." Li Hong exclaimed.

Others, including Li Lin, also nodded in unison and agreed. Li Mingyu shook his head helplessly, this is Li Lin is not angry, secretly derogating people, and mentioning Zhao Lie.

"This is not to mention, some Westerners are very attractive, and some are indeed terrifying." Zhao Lie said in his heart. It depends on the individual's opinion.

Both the East and the West have handsome and beautiful races, and some have ugly and terrifying. He didn't understand what Li Lin meant at all. As a later generation, people don't have much feeling about the so-called Huayi distinction.

Zhao Lie then answered a number of questions from Westerners. Including food, clothing, etiquette, etc., each has its own advantages, women are of course more interested in clothing and etiquette, and the Li family father and son are more interested in the parliament and cabinet of Westerners.

The family banquet ended in the gossip, and Zhao Lie did his homework to popularize it.

In a four-in-three courtyard on Dengzhou South Street, a conversation was also taking place, and the topic was not very easy.

Denglai commanded Tongzhi Yang Jingtang to sit in the main seat of the study, and a military general with gray hair sat below. The two drank tea and talked at the same time.

"Chang Daren went to Jinghaiwei this time, my family has a lot of help, I want to come to Chang Daren has deep qualifications, and he is highly anticipated, and he is also a worthy candidate." Yang Jingtang, who was quite magnanimous, said with a smile.

Nima, it's all good or bad that you forced me to go, what is highly anticipated, seniority, and not threatening me with my family's hereditary position.

The military households of the Ming Dynasty were all hereditary. Take the famous Qi Jiguang as an example, he succeeded his father who died of illness at the age of seventeen and took over the post of commander of Dengzhou Guard. However, hereditary status only guarantees the military position, and whether or not it occupies a real position is another matter.

Nowadays, there are many military generals and less monks, and most of the military households are hereditary but a fictitious position, receiving a small amount of salary, and there are countless examples of two generations of silence, and Chang Runing is also fighting for the eldest son.

"Ben will be able to be promoted from Dengzhou Wei Commander Tongzhi to Jinghaiwei Commander Envoy, all of them are promoted by Lord Yang, Ben will thank Lord here, and the affairs of Little Stone Island will definitely do his best." Although he was slandered in his heart, he was indeed complimented by Chang Da.

"Lord Chang, in this matter of Panshi Island, we only need to find the shortcomings of Zhao Lie and denounce him, what we need is the position of Zuo Qianhu and Qianhu, including Shidao." Yang Jingtang thought and told what he wanted at this time.

Chang Runing didn't know why Shidao was so favored by Yang Jingtang, but he just knew that he had to achieve this wish for Yang Jingtang, which was related to the survival of the family.

"Lord Yang, I heard that this person is the second son of Zhao Haiming, the commander of the Weihai Division, who has just been promoted to the commander of Denglai Capital, if he is reprimanded, how can his father give up." Chang Runing voiced his doubts.

"Lord Chang doesn't know, my brother has already found out in Beijing, Zhao Haiming is in the Ministry of Officials, and there are some ways in the Ministry of War, all of which are made out with silver money, without big arm help, not to mention, this time it is not your life or death, just transfer it to another place, Zhao Haiming should not make a big deal about it, even if he takes a step back, Zhao Haiming will not be relentless, and the family is not afraid." Yang Jingtang said proudly.

You just rely on your cousin in Jingzhong to act, Chang Runing slandered in his heart, but said in his mouth, "Lord Yang's family has deep roots, of course it is not comparable to the Zhao family, and Zhao Haiming can only retreat." ”

"Lord Chang has an overreputation, this time as long as Zhao Lie is reprimanded and transferred, in this way, Lord Chang will definitely get what he wants." Yang Jingtang made a promise, after all, to make the horses run fast, they have to keep feeding the grass.

From the bottom of his heart, Yang Jingtang is reluctant to use Chang Runing, this person is a little indecisive, not too good a follower, and can't do where to fight, but there are not too many senior generals who can be promoted to command, and there are even fewer of them that he is sure to control.

Chang Runing is more than fifty years old, and it has not been a day or two for the hereditary real position of the eldest son, Yang Jingtang has started from then on, luring Chang Runing to obey orders, of course, it takes a lot of time to let him be promoted to command, Yang Jingtang thinks that he is worthy of Chang Runing, and the next step depends on Chang Runing's actions.

Having said that he took great pains to drive Zhao Lie away, Yang Jingtang was very optimistic about Zhao Lie's business, and once it was in his hands, with the Yang family's presence in Denglai, these goods would be even more prosperous.

The most important thing is that Yang Jingtang has taken a fancy to the port of Shidao, he has long been in love with this port, and the fleets from his home to Korea and Japan are all private ships, and they are all docked in other wealthy private ports, and they are controlled by others.

However, Shidao Bay dredged the port from scratch, built Jianqiao Wharf, built a warehouse, and had to give up, this time Zhao Lie built Shidao, Yang Jingtang was salivating, as long as Zhao Lie was degraded, this piece of fat would be counted in his mouth.

Of course, by the way, the revenge of being slapped in the face by the Zhao family in public a few years ago was also avenged, wouldn't it be happy. Zhao Haiming is not good at moving, Zhao Lie is not good at doing it in the capital.

Of course, Chang Runing knew that after Zhao Lie was reprimanded and transferred, Yang Jingtang would definitely place his confidant in the position of Zuo Qianhu Qianhu, but this had nothing to do with him.

The meeting between the two did not escape the watchful eyes of the Military Intelligence Department, and within two days, Zhao Lie got the news that Chang Runing had been promoted to the commander of Jinghaiwei, and at the same time, the Military Intelligence Department also handed over Chang Runing's information, previous positions, family members, and address. (To be continued.) )