It is definitely a very happy thing to celebrate the New Year.

Whether it is the Goryeo people, the Japanese people, or the people in Little Luzon or Nanzhang. Daming is going to celebrate the New Year, and they will also celebrate the New Year with the Ming people.

The lonely white crane set up a copper pot at home and prepared mutton, tripe and other things.

The water was boiling, and Bai Minghe was staring at the boiling water in a daze.

Today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and many families are celebrating the New Year. Because if you become rich, you will naturally have to live a rich year. Many children have already put on their New Year's clothes, and there are already sporadic firecrackers in the streets.

Bai Minghe also gave the guards, as well as Dongchang and others, a holiday. Naturally, there are people who arrange people for the things on duty, and those who are idle can indulge to their heart's content, whether it is to open a big table to gamble, or to go out, it is allowed. Originally, Bai Minghe's arrangement was to have a drink with Emperor Zhu Qizhen and have a good New Year.

When he walked outside the door of the quiet room, Shu Liang blocked the white crane.

Shu Liang told Bai Minghe: In the current extraordinary period, someone has been sent to send in the things for the New Year. Nangong didn't know about the death of Concubine Hang and the death of the crown prince, and it was not suitable for Nangong to know about the chaos in the court. The identity of the white crane is very special, and it is not suitable to enter the South Palace at this time.

The courtiers naturally won't know, but long live there!

Bai Minghe understood, so he set up a copper pot on the main hall of the middle courtyard by himself, and had to celebrate the New Year by himself.

He stared at the boiling water in a daze for a long time, until Bai Hong came in through the door.

"Young Master, Second Young Master has arrived."

Bai Minghe nodded, and Bai Hong went to lure Bai Minglu into the house. Seeing his brother, he naturally wanted to give a gift, and after watching Bai Minglu finish his salute according to Confucian etiquette, Bai Minghe said: "I will say that I have to give a big gift when I see my brother, are you tired." But I won't listen to you. So sit down. I'm thinking about whether to eat lamb or tripe first! ”

Bai Minglu smiled faintly, what was on his brother's mind was not something he could ask.

handed over a bag in his hand to Bai Hong and motioned for Bai Hong to keep it. Then he said to Bai Minghe: "My mother asked someone to bring a letter from home and gave me two sets of clothes. According to her mother's family letter, her brother is a noble lord, and ordinary clothes are not suitable for wearing. So I learned how to weave wool thread and knitted a scarf for my brother. ”

The white crane took the scarf, but it was extremely delicate.

It is not woven with coarse threads, but with fine wool threads, and a layer of fine silk is sewn on the other side.

Bai Minghe got up and bowed in the direction of Guanzhong: "Thank you, Mother." ”

Sitting down again, Bai Minghe asked, "Minglu, do you know why I didn't go to the second uncle's place for the New Year?" ”

"The teacher has spoken. Countless people are watching my brother's every move now, the officials in the capital are watching, and the Shang gang is watching. The people watched. So even if my brother is in a bustling street market, it is still like walking in the desert. Because the elder brother doesn't need to care about everyone's mind in the bustling market, and the people in the bustling market will never understand the brother's mind. ”

"What a mouthful!" Bai Minghe responded with a smile.

In fact, this white crane can understand, it is just one word, lonely!

As I said back then, it is the word 'lonely'.

"Brother, yesterday many adults went to the Teacher's Mansion, and they were discussing the significance of the four ports of Wajima. Brother should not just be to charge a little more tax, or to have an extra port for shipping. ”

Listen to what the white heron said. The white crane came to be interested.

"What do you think of that heron?"

"The layout of the elder brother should be four pincers, tightly controlling the trade of the entire island. And then let Wadao start to use our Ming coins, and then go further to control zhì specialty. Let Wajima become a true vassal of the Ming Dynasty in a few decades! "The white heron has also seriously thought about this.

Shirakawa only nodded slightly, but did not comment.

"White Crane, your brother is a talent!" Hearty laughter came from outside the door.

Bai Minghe hurriedly got up and prepared to salute, and the voice said, "I don't need to salute today." I just heard that you had prepared a good wine, so I came over and had a drink. How do you always kowtow and drink? ”

Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand to help him, and Bai Minghe bent half of his waist and straightened up again.

However, Bai Minglu still completed the big gift very well, and then got up and stood aside. Bai Minghe gave a look and asked Bai Hong to hurry up and prepare another copper pot. Prepare a new dish.

Zhu Qiyu really didn't care about this, picked up some mutton with chopsticks, and put some sticky in the sesame sauce and put it in his mouth. nodded very contentedly: "When it comes to food, you can definitely be called the first person in the Ming Dynasty." The sashimi is quite delicious, and the big red shrimp is even better! ”

"There will be more in the future, the production area of big red shrimp is still a little far away from Daming, 20,000 miles is not a short distance!"

"Sit, sit down!"

Emperor Daming gave up his seat, and the white-named crane dared to share the table, but the white-named heron did not.

After tasting the wine, Zhu Qiyu said again: "Bai Minghe, why don't you announce the intention of that strategy." But let people guess, although your brother guessed 12 out of 10, but it is still far from the real purpose. ”

"Hooray, many adults discuss this matter with Shang Gong, which is also a process of spreading ideas. As long as the cabinet knows, it may not be a good thing for too many people to know, at least wait for the ministers to make more preparations. After all, this is a hundred-year plan, and there is no room for mistakes, and no one can be blamed. ”

"Alright, let's not talk about these things, it's interesting that I heard a rumor." Zhu Qiyu thought about it. The idea of the first island chain of the white crane is definitely a century-old strategic level. A defensive ring was established for the Ming Dynasty on the sea, and then continued to go out according to this circle, and then the second island chain and the third island chain.

This idea is not suitable for ordinary courtiers to know at the moment.

The general idea of this genius is that everyone in the art of war is shocked by Yu Qian, let alone ordinary people.

"I heard that the Oiran in the capital has been asked twice and is willing to come and play a song for you?" Zhu Qiyu smiled with a hint of a smile.

Bai Minghe also smiled: "Long live the news is correct, but Mo Chou is not alone. The Oiran in the capital is willing to play a song for the minister, and then change the minister to a tune. Chen's tunes have recently been priced high. ”

"Errand, errand!" Zhu Qiyu smiled heartily.

The depression in his heart has passed, the prince has been dead for more than two months, and life still has to be lived. Many of the previous years made Zhu Qiyu very happy, and the cabinet's methods also improved the efficiency of government affairs several times, I believe that it will definitely be better after the run-in, and the feeling of Daming's prosperity makes Zhu Qiyu very happy.

was chatting, Hu Hu also came.

After seeing the ceremony, Hu Hu said with a smile: "Long live, the old minister's family is in his hometown." Originally, I thought that many of the disciples of the white crane had gone overseas, but there was not even a single New Year's greeting in the near future. The house is cold in the ice pot, so go to Bai Minghe to let him have a treat, at least have a hot meal to eat. ”

This is obviously false, no matter how Hu Hu said it, he is also a member of the first grade, and there are many servants in the family, how can it be that there is an ice pot and a cold stove in the kitchen.

Although it is the opposite, Hu Hu still likes Bai Minghe very much.

At least the person Bai Minghe is considered a bad thing, and it is also on the bright side. I didn't think anything disgusting about these old ministers. This was still praised by the courtiers.

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty just smiled heartily and was very happy.

Next, many ministers also arrived, and none of the thirteen ministers were bad. Bai Minglu has directly changed from the guest to the senior servant who is responsible for running errands and entertaining people, and it is impossible for him to be an ordinary servant who can change dishes and add dishes for Emperor Ming. The white heron has always considered it his honor.

And in the afternoon, Bai Hong sneakily ran to Bai Minghe's ear and whispered a few words.

"Say it out loud!" It is a felony to dare to whisper in front of the emperor. So Yu Qian spoke directly.

Bai Minghe was a little embarrassed: "It's Wan Xue'er who has arrived." ”

Above the main hall, whether it is Hu Hu or Gao Gu, who is over 70 years old. The young Emperor Daming almost couldn't stop laughing, and Wang Wen said directly: "It is rumored that Bai Minghe refused Mo Chou to take the initiative to compose a song twice, it turns out that this is waiting for a vacant position, no wonder, no wonder." ”

The white crane's face was said to be red, but it was still hard-mouthed.

"No, it's just that the New Year is coming. I asked Wan Xue'er to bring some people from Nanjing and choreographed exquisite songs and dances. Celebrate the New Year! Bai Minghe was thinking about it, as if the thing he had prepared might as well be tonight.

"Okay, then I'm waiting to admire!" Zhu Qiyu is also a young man, he will be slightly drunk, and he is determined to see Bai Minghe's jokes. You say it's song and dance, if you don't, how can you explain it?

Shira-naka grinned, although this was a little different from what he originally thought, but the opportunity was rare.

"Hooray, Rong Chen will arrange it." Continuing to have made up his mind, Shiranaka Crane naturally will not miss this opportunity.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and signaled that Bai Minghe could leave the table. When Bai Minghe went out, he also heard these big people in the house arranging their own scandals.

Bai Minghe left the table and went directly to the backyard, Wan Xue'er was sitting on the warm seat next to her drinking hot porridge, and dozens of young and beautiful women in a row were also standing below. Many low-level maids next to them were carrying their luggage into the house.

"You've worked so hard for such a long journey." Bai Minghe pushed the door and came in, and when he saw Wan Xue'er, he said directly: "I need a song and dance, no matter how tired I am, I have to hold on." And ......" Bai Minghe said halfway, glanced at these people, how Wan Xue'er didn't understand, and then nodded a few fingers: "The rest of the people go down and dress up!" ”

"Yes!" The ladies retreated.

These are all selected by Wan Xueer, and it can be said that each one is qualified to compete for the first Oiran in Nanjing.

The way the white crane looked at the young women made them nervous. (To be continued......)