Cheng Hanbai returned to Kyoto from Wujiang to collect money, and naturally invited everyone to Lianyun Pavilion for dinner.

"Cheng Hanbai, if you don't have a big hemorrhage today, I'm sorry for the tens of thousands of taels of silver you recovered!" Zhao Muzhe said with a smile.

Cheng Hanbai poured him wine, and also squinted his eyes and smiled: "If it weren't for their volume, I wouldn't know how much silver money there is in our house!" Xie Ruijiao rolled his eyes at him: Is this uncle stupid?

"Even if the prince sympathizes with you and collects less dowry, but your sister's dowry has been melted into gold by them, and the dowry is gone, I don't know if your sister can still marry......" Shen Congxi teased Cheng Hanbai with a serious face.

Xie Ruijiao quietly picked up the wine glass and took a sip: Joke! Do I need to prepare my own dowry?

"Aren't you going to give King Xian a riposte? That's not your style. Xie Yuanyu drank a cup of himself, glanced at Xie Ruijiao and asked.

Xie Ruijiao nodded, smiled and said, "So I came here today to ask my cousin for help." ”

Xie Yuanyu glanced at Cheng Hanbai again, and said with a smile: "Since someone has touched my sister's dowry, of course I can't sit idly by, what should I do?" ”

"I got a message that Du Yunze, the elder brother of the concubine of the king, is a thousand households, and he wants to give a batch to the king in private...... Charger. Xie Ruijiao said slowly.

"Military horses? How can private individuals buy military horses? Isn't this a crime? Zhao Muzhe asked.

Xie Ruijiao didn't answer him, and continued: "I don't care how he bought the military horses, I only know that this batch of military horses has a total of forty horses, and they are almost in Kyoto. Specifically, it will arrive outside Kyoto tomorrow. Du Yun planned to mark these military horses, treat them as ordinary horses, and send them to Zhuangzi in the eastern suburbs of Xianwang, which was a new equipment for his soldiers. ”

"You want me to use the marked horses and go and trade them out?" Xie Yuanyu reacted quickly, he had already guessed Xie Ruijiao's intentions, and raised his eyebrows quietly.

Xie Ruijiao smiled but did not answer.

The horse farm run by Xie Yuanyu belongs to the official horse farm of the imperial court, which naturally domesticates the military horses that are ready to be supplied to the army, and the forty military horses that have been replaced for the mark are kept or sold, and his horse farm is the easiest to deal with.

Xie Yuanyu picked up the wine glass, touched it with the wine glass that Xie Ruijiao put on the table, and smiled: "As you wish." ”

"I really don't understand this dedication to the king, can't ordinary horses be worthy of his soldiers? I want to match the military horses......" Shen Congxi muttered incomprehensibly.

"The obedience and endurance of military horses are unmatched by ordinary horses." Xie Yuanyu said: "The most important thing is psychological endurance, not to hide in case of knives and guns, and not to be surprised in case of blood." ”

Xie Ruizhu listened and thought thoughtfully: "These war horses may not really be for ordinary government soldiers. But I only found a little hint, Ji Chuan is probably secretly training not ordinary government soldiers. ”

"Oh?" Everyone became interested when they heard this, especially Cheng Hanbai, who rubbed his hands and said, "What other way can we get past the training in our military camp?" Where is his base? I also secretly went over to study! ”

Xie Ruijiao shook his head and said, "There are no eyebrows yet, but we already have two groups of people investigating this matter." ”

"But even if you have trained forty masters, is the lethality stronger than artillery?" Xie Yuanyu did not approve of this strange approach.

"When did you see the East and West Factory using artillery in the palace? Jinyiwei used artillery in the capital? Xie Ruijiao smiled: "It's just speculation now." However, the mistake in front of me is these forty illegally purchased military horses. Xianwang reported illegal gold melting, so I can't report him for illegally buying military horses? ”

Xie Ruizhu raised his glass to Zhao Muzhe and Shen Congxi and said: "The king has a good horse, you two, shouldn't you be idle and have nothing to do, and pull a few sons to visit his Zhuangzi?" Don't forget to call Lu Zhiang, he, the newly appointed speech official, did not have a single admonition that had passed Zhu Criticism, which also made him stand out. ”

Lu Zhiang is the son of Lu Gelao, and on weekdays, he likes to follow Shen Congxi everywhere to find some authentic calligraphy and paintings of the previous dynasty, and he is elegant. Just because he had no power to restrain the chicken, and the imperial examination was in vain, he had to rely on Lao Tzu and become a speech official.

Several people tacitly raised their glasses and touched them: to restore the truth, there is nothing more pleasant than such a conspiracy!

A few men here are drinking, and the eldest girl Cheng is busy handling the family's accounts and property.

Haitang used the money recovered by her brother to buy back her grandmother's two Zhuangzi, not only because Zhuangzi is an old property, but also because the Zhuangzi are all old people who have feelings for Chengfu. Because of the theft, the buyer only charged the original price and returned the Zhuangzi to Chengfu.

Grandmother was also full of emotion in her heart, her niece did such a thing behind her back, she felt that she was also responsible, so she persuaded Haitang to take charge of Cheng Mansion first, she was powerless.

"It's been a year since you returned home, and you are familiar with the big and small things in the house. Although your brother is in Beijing, it is not easy for him to be in charge of the housekeeping. Before your sister-in-law enters the door, you should first take care of the house, and if there is anything you don't understand, Su Mei can also come over to help you temporarily. Then the grandmother smiled and said:

"Since you have bought those two Zhuangzi back, it will be under the names of you and Han Bai, so it will be easier to manage. It's like grandmother has hired you more makeup in advance! ”

Haitang smiled shyly: "My brother's big day has been set, and I haven't written a word yet!" ”

Calculated by Qin Tian, the few days suitable for the big wedding next year have been sent to the mansion two days earlier, Cheng Hanbai and Xie Yuanyu coincidentally, and they both chose the farthest day, October 27.

Begonia: How much do you two really want to get married? The princess and princess are waiting!

Princess Elan of the grassland is preparing to marry from Kyoto, and her youngest brother, the eleventh prince Erdun, bought a big house in Kyoto and lives in Kyoto with her.

When Princess Yilan entered the new house, she invited the county lord of Qingyao, and the county lord invited Cheng Haitang to go with her. The old owner of the house is a marquis, and the building is decent, but the special thing is that the atrium is a pool, a rockery bridge, lined with a few water lilies, a few water iris, but also chic.

Princess Yilan was very happy to see them, and she wanted to integrate into the circle of these Han girls as soon as possible and adapt to life in Kyoto.

"I'm your sister-in-law, she's my sister-in-law!" Lord Yao pointed to Begonia and Yilan in turn and said with a smile.

"If you marry my brother, you will be my sister-in-law!" Princess Yilan also pointed to the begonia and smiled crisply.

Erdun, who was standing on the side, was very happy, he liked Cheng Haitang very much, a beautiful, generous and unpretentious girl, and when he heard his sister's words, he only pursed his lips and was stupid.

The dark seven on the tree next to him was not happy: you are ugly, but you think it is beautiful!