The imperial court recruited new soldiers, and the soldiers and horses naturally needed to be equipped with weapons. And these weapons must have a special government yamen responsible for forging and distribution.

It seems that among those responsible officials, I am afraid that they have been mixed with the spies of the Xia Dynasty. Or rather...... People originally had a heart loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty, but when the dynasty changed, those who knew the times were just junjie.

Wang Yuanzhao thought about what he had done with Mei before, as well as what he had seen and heard by his mother since he was a child, the books that his mother wanted him to learn, and those all kinds of residents......

The doubts in my heart are like sprouts that break through the ground.

Emperor Tianlong gave him the position of loyal and brave general, and he wondered why his mother was angry, could it really be the one he guessed?

Around the camp tent, the sound of majestic training sounded from time to time.

He laughed. Although his mother has always been partial to his brother, she still loves him and does not seem to be a liar. He probably shouldn't have been so suspicious of his mother.

Just as he was thinking, a man who looked like an officer next to him stepped forward and talked to him about something. He was distracted, so he put the matter on hold for the time being.

Emperor Tianlong summoned several of them back, and did not intend to send them out immediately. Lin Qiantan told him that Emperor Tianlong's heart to conquer the Rong Kingdom was not dead, I am afraid that it was ......

More than 1,000 soldiers and horses are better than nothing. Wang Yuanzhao inspected it, left the camp, and returned to Wang's house.

Yan Guo Mansion.

Zhang Yingru had just returned home from visiting her mother's relatives in Zheng Guogong's mansion, and she happened to meet Wang Yuanzhao, a stepson she didn't like, outside the mansion. Wang Yuanzhao is a thorn in her heart, and the two usually have no other contact except for the interaction on face.

But now, for the sake of her mother's family, Zhang Yingru actually took the initiative to talk to Wang Yuanzhao.

Zhang Yingru's mood Wang Yuanzhao can understand that the Zhang family is now like a chicken that has been dehaired, and it will be slaughtered at any time. It is also human nature that Zhang Yingru tries to win over all the people who may help her mother's family, and does not want to offend anyone who may play a role.

Emperor Tianlong's attention to several of their Northern Expedition generals was also seen by everyone.

Wang Yuanzhao stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, and responded very kindly, Zhang Yingru also found for the first time that people who used to feel vulgar and uneducated still had a calm and introverted side.

In Wang Yuanzhao's house in the Yanguo Mansion, there are a few girls who are in charge of cleaning, blushing like a xia, but they are taking care of the hygiene in accordance with the rules. Wang Yuanzhao came back from outside, and their curtsy posture was also as if they had received military training, neatly and uniformly.

As soon as Wang Yuanzhao sat down in the room, a guest came in outside, Wang Tingyu, the fourth lady in the Guogong Mansion, was among the brothers and sisters of the Wang family, and was quite friendly to Wang Yuanzhao.

Wang Tingyu came just in time, Wang Yuanzhao knew that the Yanguo Mansion was inconvenient for her legs, so he specially left her a hot spring village on the outskirts of Beijing. It was said that the spring water that soaked there was good for her foot injury.

Wang Yuanzhao didn't have a place to stay in the suburbs of Beijing, so he opened his mouth to borrow it from her, and she readily agreed.

Wang Yuanzhao remembered that the Zhuangzi was not far from the White Horse Temple.

Wang Tingyu didn't think much about it, but thought it was an ordinary overnight stay. What Wang Yuanzhao wanted was to take this opportunity to check the matter of the arsenal nearby. He went to and from the barracks, and he needed it to hide his eyes.

Wang Tingyu cares about this very interesting half-brother, and Wang Yuanzhao is also willing to inquire with her about Zhuangzi.

Wang Tingyu told Wang Yuanzhao what scenery there was in her Zhuangzi and what they were used for. Soon, Wang Yuanzhao also had a rough outline of Zhuangzi in his mind.

"This Zhuangzi was also purchased by my grandmother from a high-ranking official in the previous dynasty, and after reconstruction, I can't see the original appearance. However, the many ancient wells above and below Zhuangzi have been preserved. Wang Tingyu also talked about the layout of the ancient well.

Wang Yuanzhao searched in his mind for a while, and remembered that Wang Tingyu's Zhuangzi, its previous owner seemed to be bought by the family behind the concubine of the famous Princess Shanyin.

If this is the case, it is no wonder that there is interest in building well water.

This huge Yan State Mansion, plus the Chu family next door, together is a complete site of the Shanyin Princess Mansion. In the two prefectures, there are also many wells, and the stars are all over the place.

Wang Tingyu's legs and feet are inconvenient, and he doesn't like to call slaves, Wang Yuanzhao has nothing to do in order to listen to her, so he has nothing to peel some fruits and melon seeds for her.

Wang Tingyu is not a person who can't control his mouth. She was not slow to react, and she had already discovered that Wang Yuanzhao was not asking such and such questions aimlessly.

But...... She has no ill feelings towards this new second brother. She has a somewhat eccentric temperament because of her leg and foot disability, and she has never had a good impression of her twin sister who has made her like this.

Wang Yuanzhao also doesn't like Wang Tingling.

Perhaps because of Lin Qiantan, Wang Yuanzhao is disgusted with this half-sister.

During the New Year, there are always many kinds of banquets. A big family like the Wang family will not be absent.

The Wang sisters are still in the boudoir, so they naturally follow the elders of the family. Wang Tingyu does not sit in the same car with her sister. She limped and often even used a wheelchair altogether.

The Wang family got out of the car, and for the sister who wanted to come over to help him, Wang Tingyu simply pushed it away.

The noblewoman in Beijing is also not surprised by this scene.

Lin Qiantan sometimes thinks that the reason why Wang Tingyu actively interacts with her may also be to work against her twin sister.

*

Emperor Tianlong was able to get up after lying in bed for a few days. The reason why he suddenly fainted on the Jinluan Palace, the family did not know. However, I dare to hold some banquets and gatherings to welcome the New Year.

The Wang sisters went with Lin Qiantan and others to the Spring Festival banquet held by a princess of the royal family.

Lin Qiantan also went by car separately from Lin Bixiang.

The two didn't talk speculatively for more than half a sentence, Lin Bixiang wanted to whisper something to her mother, so Lin Qiantan couldn't help but go and share a car with Lin Shuchen.

There are many princesses in the royal family, and the eldest princess of Baoning, who they went to today, was not favored during the period of the first emperor, but she also had some status.

Because it is a blind date party, you can see that there are many young ladies at the table who are suitable for marriage.

Lin Qiantan naturally does not belong to the queue of these people, she is just accompanying the prince to study, and the real protagonists are Lin Bixiang and Lin Shuchen.

Lin Shuchen is just a dispensable for Yin Wei.

They came over today for Lin Bixiang.

The matter on the mountain, maybe it was too embarrassing, Lin Bixiang didn't mention it to anyone.

And the bottle of poison that Lin Qiantan prepared for Lin Bixiang was not used, it was a pity. Lin Qiantan then thought that it might not hurt to let Lin Bixiang live for one or two more years or two.

She is very happy to ask Lin Bixiang to let herself go more before Lin Bixiang dies. Yin Wei chose the Qi family and the Chu family for Lin Bixiang, and it was not enough to cast a net and catch more fish.

The influence of Lin Bixiang's ugly things has gradually faded, and there are still a few people who are willing to take care of Yin Wei.

Lin Bixiang was born well, and she has an uncle who is now in power, of course, there are some people who are willing to please the tenacious, pinching their noses and praising Lin Bixiang for how virtuous she is.

The marriage between Lin Ziye and Qi Qinyue was unilaterally decided by Yin Wei, and the Qi family also agreed, so naturally it was impossible to ask for Lin Bixiang anymore.

Although Lin Ziye would not be willing to ask Yin Wei to interfere in his marriage. Lin Qiantan will not either.

*

Lin Qiantan's original plan was to send Lin Bixiang's reputation to the Four Princes' Mansion after making her stink. With the temperament of the four princes, he is extravagant. Lin Bixiang went there, it won't be easy. By the time the fourth prince died, she was even more widowed. Maybe one can't think of committing suicide, and there's nothing strange about it.

On such an occasion, the second prince and others will also come. Several princesses each pulled a group of people in the crowd, talking and laughing.

Yin Wei ignored Lin Qiantan, Lin Qiantan was happy and free, she simply walked to the side, and also got together with the few people she knew well, and talked about herself.

It's just that he didn't see the gaze projected by the four princes. Lin Qiantan's eyes flickered, and the eyes of the four princes looked at her, as if something was not quite right. It was not so much the anger that he had trespassed on the courtier's mansion and was found and attacked, but rather that there was a murderous intent in his expression.

Chen Jingrou's voice sounded at the right time.

Chen Jingrou also doesn't like to get involved in the affairs of those housemaidens. She has now decided on her family. Mrs. Chen didn't restrain her so much, but she became free, except that she was still ordered not to wear men's clothes.

Lin Qiantan pointed to the second princess in the crowd and asked Chen Jingrou to look. Chen Jingrou glanced at it and said with a smile: "She trespassed."

Emperor Tianlong is an interesting emperor, and none of his sons have been crowned kings. Even if the second prince was raised by Concubine Xiao, it is the same.

Is the second princess really stupid or fake stupid? actually wore an accessory that only the princess could use, and swaggered through the market.

Lin Qiantan said: "Maybe it's just a temptation for Your Majesty." The second prince is a little anxious.

As we all know, the imperial concubine Yin Qiang and the old clam were born pearls, and she was careless a few days ago and failed to keep the child, and she was already disgusted by Emperor Tianlong.

As a result, the five princes, who have always been favored by the imperial concubine, have also been affected.

Today, the five princes are naturally here, but the limelight of the past is gone at this time. There are only a few die-hard supporters who still surround him.

In the crowd, the second prince showed a smug expression. The old five overturned in the gutter, and it will never become a big climate. On the contrary, because he has never been close to his biological mother, he has received additional favors from his father.

He seemed to be afraid that he didn't know that Emperor Tianlong had just rewarded him with a leather bone fan, and when the weather was cool, he would also carry a fan.

And the third prince and the fourth prince are not enough to be a threat to the second prince, and the second princess's move should have been discussed with her husband.

A scene of singing and dancing.

There are troublemakers everywhere outside the capital, and the smoke is everywhere, and now it looks like it is casually suppressed, but the future will be known to the devil.

Thinking about it, she laughed out loud.

Chen Jingrou asked her what she was laughing at.

Lin Qiantan naturally said, "It's nothing." She can't say that she's the ghost who came back from the dead, doesn't she know something that is likely to happen again in the future?!

Lin Qiantan thought for a while and said, "The current situation is uncertain, and this prince is not so easy to do." The so-called gun shoots the first bird, at this time, to go up to be this prince, isn't it to be that arrow target? Besides, what if you become a prince, do you have a chance to go further.

Chen Jing said softly: "Indeed, there is chaos in the court."

I accidentally walked in front of me a woman dressed as neither a man nor a woman, and just happened to hear their seemingly casual conversation, and stopped.

Lin Qiantan subconsciously looked up.

The person in front of her, she knows.

Lin Qiantan remembered that among the female officials used in front of Emperor Tianlong, in addition to her eldest cousin Chu Pei, there were several others who were also used by Emperor Tianlong.

The person in front of you is.

Qu Fu and Chu Pei were colleagues with good relations, and they stopped when they heard the two girls in the corner talking about some government affairs. One of them was also her friend's cousin.

However, it only stopped for a moment.

Lin Qiantan was also not very familiar with her, and she only smiled kindly, not feeling ashamed at all because she was talking about the government.

Qu Fu also smiled and walked over.

There are many female officials in the court, and Emperor Tianlong is more willing to ask these women and eunuchs to divide some power in the previous dynasty, and people like Chu Pei naturally have a place to use.

The reason why Qu Fu appeared here can be regarded as an intentional act of Emperor Tianlong. The official uniform, which is neither male nor female, is a symbol of Qu Fu's official position.

Qu Fu was only excited to hear his fellow believers talking about this.

Because of this scene, Lin Qiantan and Chen Jingrou also changed the topic to one side and talked about the female officials in the court. Chen Jingrou knew that Lin Qiantan wanted to go to the imperial court as a female official.

Lin Qiantan smiled: "I can't do this for a while."

Chen Jingrou also knew about the situation of the Lin family. She didn't have to ask about the people on the Lin family's side.

So, "Is your cousin disagreeing?" ”

Chen Jingrou thought of Chu Jiang, who was a handsome man.

Lin Qiantan nodded: "My aunt looks fine now, but it is also declining year by year." It is only natural that he wants me to be the head of the house. "I thought that it might be possible to mention it in the New Year, but Chu Jiang was very stubborn in this matter.

Even her uncle couldn't do anything about him.

This is a family matter of the Chu family, and Chen Jingrou does not dare to say much.

The two of them didn't have a match, and it wasn't until Gu Qingxuan came over there that they stopped the topic.

"There were a bunch of people talking over there just now, but I didn't see the two of you." Gu Qingxuan said with a smile as she walked this way.

Lin Qiantan smiled and said, "Your grandfather is now stepping down from his position, and everyone is thinking about whether they can go with you through the back door and ask Master Gu to recommend it in front of His Majesty."

That being said.

Lin Qiantan never called Gu Ping a teacher in front of people, which is also what Gu Ping meant. Gu Qingxuan naturally knew.

Lin Qiantan thought that her teacher was also a cunning person, how many people tried to give gifts to the Gu family, but they couldn't even enter the door of the Gu family, putting on an honest and honest appearance. And Gu Qingxuan, the granddaughter, is not polite to others at various banquets, so she will not offend people too much.

Gu Qingxuan didn't talk about her family, she had to ask Lin Qiantan's hand.

Lin Qiantan stretched out her left hand and patted her right shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "I can't lift it except for the first two days, but these two days are much better."

Yin Huai's knife happened to stab her in the joint, and the imperial doctor also said that you should be cautious in daily life. Wei Jiayin knew that after she left the mountain, Lin Qiantan was accidentally "stabbed by a monk carrying water with a bamboo pole", so she blamed herself. But at the same time, I was very happy.

Lin Qiantan also asked her what she was laughing at.

Wei Jiayin told her like this: "Most of my marriage with the Wang family was in the middle of the year, and you were earlier, but this injury and you can't make your own wedding dress, why do you have to recuperate for a few months?"

In this way, the marriage date of the two is very close.

Come back to your senses.

As if to prove something, Lin Qiantan put Gu Qingxuan's hand on her shoulder, Gu Qingxuan touched it, and her face flushed: "You nouveau riche, you should really be dragged out and killed, I'm afraid that your clothes will be on top of me, right?!"

Lin Qiantan can't deny that she ...... It's true that it's an upstart.

Gu Qingxuan sighed as if she thought of something, and said, "It's a pity that Sister Zhang didn't come today, a few of us, but we haven't made it up for a long time."

Lin Qiantan didn't know whether to say that she was a stinky mouth.

"You're going to talk about these things that make people unhappy."

Gu Qingxuan smiled and looked apologetic.

The current situation of Zheng Guogong's mansion, even if Zhang Yan wants to come, he can't come. Lin Qiantan's Chinese New Year's Eve passed, Zhang Yan actually even broke a half-new clothes, and how did she come?

It was because she had reached such a point that she had already moved her mind to take out the books in her house and sell them to supplement her family.

Gu Qingxuan also seemed to know that she had said the wrong thing, so she deliberately was happy, and turned to other things.

*

The spring of the twelfth year of Tianlong was not as peaceful as in previous years.

A few days after the beginning of spring, the rebels, who had rested for a winter, made a fuss again.

The news was constantly sent to Lin Qiantan's hands on the trade route, and Lin Qiantan then turned his hand to send the news to Wang Yuanzhao.

During the New Year, there were many banquets, and Lin Qiantan couldn't lift her elbow anyway, so she had an excuse not to join in the excitement as much as possible.

When the Lin family went out, she sometimes went to Zhang Yan to have a look. Zhang Luyuan is now lying on the hospital bed, and Emperor Tianlong may be waiting for Zhang Luyuan's life to completely collapse the Zhang family.

Lin Qiantan thought about it, and said what she thought about for a few days, she has a lot of property under her name, if Zhang Yan is not afraid of showing up, in fact, she can go to her and work part-time.

"Xiaoxiang has only one woman, and she has to deal with the flirting and frivolity of those men all day long, and she has to work for me while taking the child, I always feel that she is a little more than enough to do alone."

Zhang Yan smiled: "Even if you don't mention it, I also think about how to tell you." The Zhang family now needs money everywhere, and her mother is also doing some needlework for others privately to supplement the family. She didn't leave the cabinet, and she was still the titular Miss Guogongfu. Ordinary merchants really didn't want her.

Besides, she didn't dare to go to a strange and unfamiliar place.

Zhang Yan's strength lies in her knowledge of geography.

Lin Qiantan smiled and said: "I don't need you to report every day, sometimes I go over to help teach those boys under my hands, so that they don't have to go out and can't even tell the difference between southeast and west."

"I see." Zhang Yan smiled, this matter was nothing difficult for her.

She knew that Lin Qiantan had many caravans, and many of them even needed to go deep into places like the Gobi Desert to do business with some border tribes.

But some of the experience in geography is really not something that some young boys can understand immediately. With a high-level intellectual like Zhang Yan who specializes in studying these, I am afraid that teaching will be twice the result with half the effort.

A total of 300,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in the north, trade routes in the south and east, and large farms in the west......

She has a lot of places to use people.

*

At the beginning of the new year, the first wave of tribute from the imperial court was sent to the capital.

Emperor Tianlong fainted a while ago, and many of the things that were transported to the capital in this issue were medicinal materials.

Among them is Lin Qiantan's own business.

Lin Qiantan was sitting at home, and naturally someone sent her the account books or something. In particular, she took a few more glances at the operation of several pharmacies.

The big families in the imperial court or the capital have more or less bought things from her, Lin Qiantan took a look, and there were several medicinal herbs that were very sensitive.

Lin Qiantan wasn't sure if she had listened to what she said to Concubine Xiao last time.

Some things that are not poisonous in themselves can be put together and become poison that pierces the intestines.

Lin Qiantan took a closer look at who bought what with her.

Looking at it one by one, Lin Qiantan didn't see the name of hell in it......

After the Lantern Festival, the weather also began to warm up.

The court also slowly resumed work.

Emperor Tianlong rested for about half a month, and his body seemed to be much better. By the end of the first month, the ministers would be able to see that he was as energetic as ever, and they were all relieved.

Lin Qiantan couldn't rest assured.

Lin Qiantan heard that the imperial doctor had prescribed some prescriptions for Emperor Tianlong, who continued to take decoction every day.

But anything that involves food is easy for people to take advantage of loopholes......

On January 22, Concubine Xiao happened to announce her entry into the palace, so she took advantage of the situation and went into the palace in person to ask.

Concubine Xiao has been in a good mood recently, and I don't know if it's because of taking the decoction prescribed by the imperial doctor to recuperate, Emperor Tianlong is always sleepy every day, so naturally he can't come over to harass him anymore.

Concubine Xiao has no one to disturb, how can she not be happy.

Lin Qiantan was euphemistically concerned about Emperor Tianlong's diet.

Since Concubine Xiao was reminded by Lin Qiantan, she has paid attention to the food around the emperor: "There are so many servants who are not honest, and the palace has already been beaten and cleaned up."