After getting Wu Shigong's approval, the entire inner house immediately became lively. According to Wu Shigong's original idea, his birthday, which is also a family banquet, will add a few leading figures around him at most, but everyone will get together and be lively again.

But whether it was the ladies in the inner house or Chang Meng, who specifically arranged the birthday banquet, they all took Wu Shigong's birthday party to Dali. Seeing that he couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to hurt the kindness of the people around him, Wu Shigong could only be at will.

Tang Mei looked at the honest-faced man in front of her, feeling a little uneasy and helpless. There is no way, I am a hard-working woman like a wanderer, that is, a life that becomes a gift and is sent back and forth.

At this time, Tang Mei could only be happy in the bitterness, and thought in her heart: "Look at the face of the man in front of him is still very honest, maybe he will love himself." ”

Tang Mei didn't know that although Xue Zhinong in front of her showed a standard honest appearance, Xue Zhinong's heart was turning a thousand times.

Xue Zhinong didn't think that Wu Shigong gave him a woman, just a reward for himself, and he thought that Wu Shigong's move might have a deep meaning.

But no matter what, since he couldn't guess Wu Shigong's intentions, Xue Zhinong would definitely not include the woman in front of him in his room. But how to arrange the woman in front of you now? Xue Zhinong thought about it again, and suddenly his eyes lit up, so he asked Tang Mei: "Are you literate?" ”

Tang Mei was a little confused by Xue Zhinong's question, but nodded subconsciously and said, "Hmm! Then, Tang Mei saw the innocent face of the man in front of her with a mysterious smile.

Wu Shigong's birthday is in September. Therefore, it will take more than a month to prepare for this birthday party. The specific operation of the birthday banquet, of course, does not need Wu Shigong to worry about himself. And Wu Shigong is busy receiving guests from all walks of life who come to congratulate him on his birthday these days.

Knowing that Wu Shigong was going to organize a birthday banquet, Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion had a good relationship with Wu Shigong Those gentry, especially those who were salt sellers, all came to Runing Mansion City to meet Wu Shigong with gifts.

For these gentry, of course, Wu Shigong also has to receive them one by one, after all, these people are the foundation of Wu Shigong's management of the place. Besides, the gifts given to Wu Shigong by those gentry add up to a lot of money, and Wu Shigong also made a small fortune.

The most exaggerated is that Lu Yunhuan, in addition to giving gifts, he once again proposed to give Wu Shigong a daughter as Wu Shigong's concubine. Wu Shigong was made to cry and laugh by Lu Yunhuan's increase in the number of women in the family this time. Of course, he also rejected Lu Yunhuan again.

Wu Shigong thought to himself: "Look at you, Lu Yunhuan, you look like a yo-yo, how good will the daughter you give birth to look like?" If you look pretty, maybe I'll give you a face! ”

Just when Wu Shigong was receiving guests from all over the world with a smile on his face that seemed to be tied to a plaster every day, he suddenly received good news: Xue Qiang, who was recuperating from his injuries in the capital, was back.

Wu Shigong immediately put aside all the guests, and Xue Qiang welcomed him in.

After Xue Qiang saw Wu Shigong, he was also very excited, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Uncle, the little one is back!" ”

Wu Shigong hurriedly helped Xue Qiang up, looked at Xue Qiang's legs carefully, and asked with concern, "Are your legs so neat?" ”

Xue Qiang shook his injured leg and said with a smile: "Uncle, there is no big deal anymore." ”

However, Wu Shigong observed that Xue Qiang was already a little lame when he walked. So Wu Shigong immediately said: "It's okay." Uncle, I'm just short of manpower. When you rest for a few days, Uncle I'll arrange your errands. ”

Wu Shigong's words made Xue Qiang feel relieved all of a sudden. Although Xue Qiang's leg injury has healed, he has become a cripple after all. Originally, Xue Lian had already arranged Xue Qiang in the Yangwu Marquis Mansion to do lucrative and easy errands for the elderly. But Xue Qiang is not very old, and he is unwilling to wait for death like this, so he returned to Wu Shigong this time.

However, Xue Qiang was also a little worried, after all, he was already disabled, and he was afraid that Wu Shigong would arrange an errand for him to eat and wait for death. And now that he knows that Wu Shigong still wants to reuse him, Xue Qiang can be regarded as having fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

And Wu Shigong is now just lacking such a manpower. Wu Shigong wanted to establish a modern police force to manage the order of salt goods in the two provinces and some criminal cases and civil disputes among his serfs.

Wu Shigong planned to send 1,500 people from his village guards and members of the militia among the gentry to be stationed in various places. And this force will also maintain local law and order. In this way, Wu Shigong's army can be completely freed and can devote all its troops to the external battle.

However, it is not easy to find a candidate for the commander of this army. The military attaches under Wu Shigong were unwilling to retreat from the army to this semi-militarized force in the region. However, the commander of this army needs a candidate who is very loyal to Wu Shigong. And this time Xue Qiang's return just solved this problem.

And this time with Xue Qiang, in addition to those who had recovered from their injuries, Wu Shigong was sent to the capital to recuperate from his injuries at that time, there was also Wu Shigong's wife Xue Yufei sent a big girl - Mei Yun.

When Wu Shigong's King Qin and Xue Yufei met, Xue Yufei returned to the capital, and according to Wu Shigong's arrangement, he wanted to arrange his remaining three big maids to his own home.

But the other two big girls were all married, so Mei Yun refused to marry. And because after Xue Yufei received Zhu Yun's complaint letter, he wanted to send his descendants to tie Wu Shigong's heart, so this time Mei Yun was also sent to Wu Shigong's side.

Mei Yun was also in her early twenties at this time, and in that era, she had already become an old girl. So when she saw Wu Shigong, she looked at Wu Shigong with wide eyes and looked a little nervous.

But how could Wu Shigong not know Xue Yufei's little thoughts, he smiled helplessly at Mei Yun and said, "You can go to the inner house and settle down first." After my uncle's birthday, I'll find a good day to do things with you. ”

Hearing that Wu Shigong accepted herself, Mei Yun was happy and ashamed, and she immediately ran into the inner house like a deer, looking for Zhu Yun to whisper.

What surprised Wu Shigong even more was that Xue Qiang came this time and brought Wu Shigong a letter written by Qin Liangyu to Wu Shigong, as well as some gifts from Qin Liangyu to Wu Shigong.

When Wu Shigong looked through a fur coat and more than 20 Dongzhu that Qin Liangyu gave him, as well as a set of coats and two pairs of shoes that Qin Liangyu made for himself, Wu Shigong's heart really felt very warm.

To tell the truth, Wu Shigong was indeed very worried about Qin Liangyu after learning from the newspaper that Dalinghe City was besieged by the Tartar army. Because after Qin Liangyu and Wu Shigong broke up, they took the white pole soldiers to Liaodong to fight against the Tartars.

However, Wu Shigong learned from Qin Liangyu's letter to himself that after Qin Liangyu arrived in Liaodong, he was very squeezed out by those generals in Liaodong. In desperation, Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong, could only keep Qin Liangyu and her white pole soldiers in Shanhaiguan all the time, and did not let her go to Liaodong to fight, for fear that after Qin Liangyu and her white pole soldiers robbed the Liaodong generals, something bad would happen.

So in a fit of anger, Qin Liangyu went to the court and returned to Sichuan with his white pole soldiers. On the way back to Sichuan, when Qin Liangyu passed by the capital, she sent someone to send the letter and those gifts to the Yangwu Marquis Mansion, so that Wu Shigong's father-in-law, Xue Lian, would bring these gifts to Wu Shigong in the future.

However, in the letter, Qin Liangyu was very indignant at those Liaodong generals, and criticized them for their behavior of ignoring the overall situation and only knowing that they only knew that they were robbing the credit.

After Wu Shigong read the letter, he was secretly amused in his heart: "This old woman is still so angry, isn't it good if she can stop fighting?" ”

After putting down the letter, Wu Shigong was also glad that Qin Liangyu was not in Dalinghe City and was able to escape this catastrophe.

But on the eve of Wu Shigong's birthday, there was one, no, it should be said that it was two unexpected guests. Li Lu and Li of Nanyang Mansion also came to congratulate Wu Shi on his birthday with a member of Nanyang Mansion named Wan Wendong.

As soon as he saw Li Lu, Wu Shigong was greatly surprised. I thought that Li Lu's Nanyang Mansion had something unexpected happening. But when Wu Shigong saw that Li Lu's expression was normal, Wu Shigong also relieved himself.

However, just like Wu Shigong, Li Lu, as the garrison of Nanyang Mansion, could not leave his station casually. Therefore, Wu Shigong knew that Li Lu was fake to congratulate him on his birthday, and he must have something to find himself.

However, in front of everyone, Wu Shigong was not easy to ask for details, so Wu Shigong welcomed Li Lu and that Wan Wendong into the hall alone.

After the two sides sat down and exchanged pleasantries, Wu Shigong asked Li Lu's intention: "Li Shoubei, you who have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, why did you come to the younger brother's Runing Mansion?" ”

Li Lu listened to Wu Shigong's words, hesitated for a while, and then said to Wu Shigong with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I'm an elder brother, and I have a fortune to make with you!" ”