Mrs. Mu wrote a letter of thanks, Duchess An Guo prepared a heavy gift of thanks, and the three children of the Mu family got into the carriage and ran to Jiang Wenbin's house.

But this time they didn't see Jiang Wenbin, Master Jiang was not at home, and he didn't come back from the Yamen of the Ministry of War. The children handed over the thank-you gifts and letters directly to Mrs. Chiang.

Madame Jiang was shocked when she saw such a heavy gift, and she didn't dare to accept it. However, Mu Lingyi didn't give Mrs. Jiang a chance to shirk, he took his younger brothers and sisters to salute Mrs. Jiang respectfully, then put down the gifts, and immediately left with his younger siblings.

Madame Jiang was confused about those expensive gifts, and she didn't know what to do with such valuable gifts.

However, although on this day, the children did not see Lord Jiang, but on the second day, Lord Jiang came to the Anguo Mansion by himself.

He didn't come to return the thanks, but as before, he went to the back house, saluted the old lady, and after saying a few words, he went to the outer study to find Mr. Sun. I have to say that this familiar style is like the own family of the Anguo Mansion.

Mrs. Mu was happy to see him, and specially called Duchess An Guo over and told her to keep an eye on the kitchen to tidy up the feast, and she wanted to leave Master Jiang to eat.

It's just that Master Jiang seems to be very busy, and he and Mr. Sun and Mr. Chen closed the door in the study and didn't know what to discuss, and they didn't come out until the evening. Duchess An Guo had no choice but to send the meal to the study to Master Jiang and a few gentlemen, as before.

This time, Duchess An Guo personally carried the tray and delivered food to Lord Jiang, in order to thank Lord Jiang in person.

"Lord Jiang," after Duchess An Guo put the food on the table, she solemnly saluted Jiang Wenbin: "I also want to thank you for your help before." I did this for my husband. You have been very kind to us, and this kindness has not been forgotten by Muhammad. ”

"Madame, never." Jiang Wenbin was so frightened that he hurriedly went to help the Duchess of Anguo, and he blushed a little crampedly: "The humble post actually didn't do anything, the situation in the north is critical, and the Duke of An Guo is exhausted. How can it be called kindness, but the humble position can never afford such a big gift from the lady. ”

"Adults say it's their duty, but only adults have done it." Duchess An Guo said sincerely: "With this article alone, your lord can afford this gift." ”

"It's a pity that the ability to humble himself is limited." Jiang Wenbin sighed, he lowered his eyes, and his face was slightly gloomy: "Can't help more." We can only rely on these tricks to maneuver a little. There is still nothing that can be done about major matters. Conscription ...... now Alas! ”

"Master Jiang doesn't need to be humble." Mr. Sun on the side hurriedly shook his head: "Step by step, this is a good start, and we will find a way for the rest." ”

Duchess An Guo did not disturb Lord Jiang too much about their deliberations, and left quickly, after dinner, Mr. Sun suddenly came out of the study and ran to find several martial masters of the Mu family to the outer study.

After Mrs. Mu heard about it, she was a little puzzled. Most of the martial arts masters in the family have fought in the north and have some battlefield experience. Most of them were extraordinarily skilled in martial arts, so they were selected to be teachers and trainees in the Mu family, and they rarely participated in the deliberations of the Mu family, and their main task was to train the Mu family's sons and train future Mu generals.

The advantage of martial arts masters is that they are highly skilled in martial arts and have rich battlefield experience, but most of them do not know strategy, and they are not very familiar with court affairs, and they are not all the way to Mr. Sun and Mr. Chen, so they rarely participate in the deliberations of other staff members of the Anguo Mansion.

This is the first time, Mr. Sun took the initiative to call all the martial masters to go to the outer study together, is there something wrong? Old Madam Mu couldn't help but mutter.

After Master Jiang left, Mrs. Mu couldn't help but call Mr. Sun to the back house, wanting to inquire what was going on, and she needed to find a group of martial masters to discuss, but Mr. Sun sighed slightly, nodded and replied: "I can't hide anything from the old lady, there are indeed some things, but it is not difficult to do." ”

"What else do you need Master Wu's help with?" Mu Jinyi, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but be curious: "What Mr. Sun and Master Jiang can't solve, can Master Wu have a way?" ”

"Exactly." Mr. Sun nodded at Mu Jinyi: "If you talk about other things, naturally I will discuss with Master Jiang to have a result." But this matter really needs to be done by the martial masters in our family. Old lady, this time to escort ordnance, grain and grass into the north, I am afraid that I will have to work with our family's guards and martial masters. ”

"What?" Old Madam Mu looked strange: "Isn't this kind of thing usually escorted by the army?" Every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the labor army is escorted by Jin Lingwei and the Gyeonggi garrison, how can we need to send someone to escort our family this time, what is the reason?! ”

"You're right," Mr. Sun nodded, "Every time the Gyeonggi army sent troops to escort it, so this time is no exception." Jin Lingwei had actually organized an escort army of 500 people. It's just ......"

"How come there are only five hundred people," Old Madam Mu frowned: "The ordnance escorted this time is enough for two hundred carts, where is the escort team of five hundred people enough." Two hundred carts of ordnance, plus grain and grass, these two people are not enough to guard one car, what if there is a mistake along the way? ”

"Exactly." Mr. Sun nodded: "And this team of five hundred people is not very reassuring." Today, Jiang Shilang went to the Jinlingwei Yamen, looked at the list, and there was nothing abnormal on the list, but fortunately, Master Jiang was careful, he inquired, and found that half of the five hundred people seemed to be veterans who were about to retire? ”

"Why is that?" Old Madam Mu was stunned: "The number is small, and there are some old, weak, sick and disabled, where can there be such an errand?" What are the generals Jin Lingwei trying to do?! I will ask the emperor to enter the palace tomorrow, but I want to ask the emperor what is going on. ”

"Old lady," Mr. Sun smiled bitterly, "Isn't it obvious what is going on?" At present, there is great resistance to recruitment, so the first few times the sergeants who escorted supplies into the north, the emperor directly ordered that they did not have to come back, and directly supplemented the northern camp, which was the case three times in a row last year, and the generals of Jin Lingwei had long been resentful, and most of the Gyeonggi sergeants were unwilling to be sent to the north. If the emperor calls General Zhenguo to come over and reprimand, doesn't this just give him a chance to cry and complain? ”