The deserters, wounded soldiers and remnants hiding in various parts of Youzhou came out to register one after another, and then returned home.

But although the words have passed, the effect is very average.

Lin Qingwan glanced at him, beckoned Jiang Qian in front of him, and said, "You go and select a few Khitans, and go to the Yunzhou Yamen to register in the appearance of Liao soldiers." ”

Wu Shilang: ......

"Could it be that the Liao soldiers who went to the yamen to register before were also found by the county lord?"

"Of course not," Lin Qingwan smiled lightly: "But Yunzhou is different from Youzhou, and I am not in Yunzhou, this word came from here, although it is not far away, but who knows whether it is true or false?" ”

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, since there is a precedent in Youzhou, then Yunzhou will operate more."

Wu Shilang could only give up, "I've been taught below." ”

Wu Shilang sighed, "I'm old, I'm not as clever as you young people. ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and pushed the documents on the case to him, and said with a smile: "But Wu Shilang has experience, I have never dealt with these things, and I can't handle them well at all, so I have to come in person." ”

Wu Shilang stared at the documents on the table, "County Lord, this job is not mine!" ”

Lin Qingwan had already gotten up and saluted him repeatedly, "That's why I want to ask Wu Shilang, today is the Lantern Festival, how about I invite you to dinner tonight?" ”

Wu Shilang then remembered the Lantern Festival, and his eyes narrowed, "Could it be that the county lord has an arrangement for the Lantern Festival?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "You'll know at night." ”

Su Zhang wanted to take advantage of the Lantern Festival to hold a celebration banquet, so he specially invited Lin Qingwan to help.

Regardless of whether Youzhou and Yunzhou can be held in the future, anyway, they are now recovering the lost territory, which is the first time in forty years.

Therefore, this celebration banquet must be held.

Xiao Shizheng was hanging lanterns with her eldest brother Jiang San, and when they saw Lin Qingwan coming, they hurriedly ran up and said, "Why did the county lord come over, it's all messy here." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "I'll come over and take a look, by the way, how is the preparation in the kitchen?" ”

"It's all prepared according to the county lord's orders."

Lin Qingwan bowed her head and walked around the barracks for half a circle, and saw that many people were still patrolling outside, so she couldn't help but ask the quartermaster, "Are the people who are patrolling tonight the same as usual, or are they in turn?" ”

"General Xu said that in order to prevent accidents, it is better to keep it as usual, and it will be over tomorrow to give them a make-up leave."

"And their meal is ready?" Lin Qingwan said: "Although we can't have fun, we can't wronged them, it's a festival in the end." ”

The quartermaster smiled, "Don't worry, the county lord is better than the soldiers in the battalion." ”

"If you want me to say that you have to be thick, they are on duty outside, they can't drink, can't they eat meat?"

The quartermaster hesitated.

Lin Qingwan said: "Don't hesitate, your general has newly obtained so many cattle and sheep, do you still feel sorry for that bit of meat?" ”

The quartermaster said with a bitter face: "The county lord is not a family and doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court have not yet arrived. ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said generously: "Forget it, the one percent of meat added is mine, and you will send someone to get money from Lin Quan when you go back." ”

The quartermaster happily responded.

Lin Quan was distressed at this time, and after noon, he hugged a booklet and followed Lin Qingwan and said: "Grandma, the meat in Youzhou is much cheaper than that in Jiangnan, but it is still more expensive than grain, how much meat can this bucket of rice be exchanged for, we worked hard to transport grain from Jiangnan, and now we don't sell it, and the money we bring on us is not much at all......"

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but say happily: "You are obviously the son of the old Zhongbo, why do you look like Steward Lin is the same family?" ”

It's all cut to the bones, didn't she spend more than a hundred taels of silver to buy meat?

Lin Quan said with teary eyes: "Grandma, the little one feels sorry for you, your money is not blown by the wind, how many days and nights of hard work have you earned so much, isn't the little one worried that you will be deceived by someone if you are soft-hearted?" ”

If you want him to say that his aunt and grandmother were deceived, the soldiers in the army eat meat, and the generals above pay the bill, so what's the matter with asking their county lord to pay?

Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Okay, this money is used to spend it, anyway, I can't take it away if I keep it, it's the Lantern Festival, what's wrong with inviting everyone to eat meat?" ”

It should be regarded as a virtue for the Lin family and Yubin.

Xiao Shi saw that Lin Quan was still pestering Lin Qingwan, so he came up and said: "County Lord, I have made a Kong Ming lantern, you can go and see if it looks good, and then write your wishes on it." ”

"Okay." Lin Qingwan turned around and walked with her.

Xiao Shi followed behind Lin Qingwan, secretly turned around and glared at Lin Quan, and whispered: "The county lord is taking pity on the soldiers who can't go home to the regiment, so he wants to treat everyone, don't spoil the county lord's interest." ”

Lin Quan glared, he was disinterested, little girl, do you know how difficult it is to earn one hundred and twenty-eight taels of silver?

But seeing that his aunt and grandmother had gone away, he could only swallow all the words silently.

Lin An saw him come back, and smiled, "How about it, I said it's useless, the county lord has never paid attention to money, let alone a hundred taels, even if a thousand taels are thrown out, it will not be distressed." It's hard to buy a good heart. ”

"That's why we have to guard the family business for the county lord," Lin Quan glared at him and said, "When you should be generous, you should be generous, but what you should save can't be wasted." ”

Lin An rolled his eyes and said, "No wonder my father wants you to take his place, you two are really ......" is too similar!

You must know that Lin An is the son of Steward Lin, when Lin Jiang was still there, he was willing to be the next big butler, and Lin Qingwan has always cultivated him in this direction.

Or later, Wenyuan needed talent to temporarily transfer him over.

Lin An glanced at Lin Quan, last spring, because the eldest lady got married, he needed to set a candidate for marriage, and his father reported his name.

At that time, his aunt and grandmother said that they wanted to keep him and become a big housekeeper in the future, but his father actually said that he thought Lin Quan was more suitable than him!

Where is Lin Quan more suitable than him?

This man is older than him, less literate than him, less knowledgeable than him, but he knows now, because they are too similar when it comes to saving money for their masters!

Lin An glanced at him and went to Lin Qingwan to report the matter.

Lin Qingwan was picking up a pen to draw on Kong Ming lanterns, and by the way, she mentioned her New Year's wishes.

In fact, she has always made only one wish every year, and this time is no exception, may Yubin be safe, happy, healthy and long-lived!

Xiao Shi blinked and asked, "County Lord, who is this person?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "It's my niece, the only person in this world who is closest to me by blood." ”

Xiao Shi was stunned, and then looked at the softness on Lin Qingwan's face and said, "Miss Yubin must be very happy." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and didn't speak.

With the joint efforts of everyone, the celebration banquet in the evening was successfully held.

Xu Lian invited Lin Qingwan to take a seat, and then raised his glass and said: "For more than 40 years, since Lin Gong, our Northeast Army has always been defending, and has never been able to recover an inch of lost land, but today we have recovered the two states of Yunyou in one go, which can be described as raising eyebrows!" ”

"But this is not only the credit of my Northeast Army, but also depends on the help of the county lord Lin, today, we salute the county lord with a cup."

Lin Qingwan hurriedly raised her glass and got up and said with a smile: "It is you who are charging at the front line, how dare I take this credit?" This cup is a tribute to all the soldiers who fought on the battlefield. ”

Drink it all down.

The people below hurriedly got up and saluted, and laughed with a loud voice: "The county lord is bold, but we all know how bad it is, we have been guarding Dingzhou for so many years and can't recover the lost land, this time it depends on the county lord's discord plan, if you don't let the Liao camp cause internal turmoil, where can we take advantage of the situation?" ”

"Okay, okay, don't show off your literary talent if you haven't read it for a few days, so as not to make the county lord laugh."

With a loud voice, he glared and said, "Why did I make the county lord laugh?" What I just said is not right, you bring it up. ”

The general sitting opposite him sneered: "There's nothing wrong, it's just weird from your mouth, so I told you not to show off your literary talents, anyway, you look so ugly, the county lord can't look down on you when he sees it." ”

Lin Qingwan was smiling and drinking and watching a play, when she suddenly heard this, she couldn't help choking.

Xu Lian also choked a lot, coughed twice before glaring angrily: "Sheng Ren, Shan Fan, what are you two messing around?" ”

The big voice stood up directly, looked at Lin Qingwan with blazing eyes and said: "General, I'm not messing around, Lord Lin, just give me a happy word, I have a crush on you, are you willing to marry me!" ”

When the soldiers heard this, they laughed, and some of them slapped the table directly and laughed, and even Su Zhang and Xu Lian couldn't help but be happy.

Only then did he realize that something was wrong, and said with a red face: "No, no, it's to marry me!" ”

Sheng Ren on the opposite side poured cold water on him, "The toad wants to eat swan meat!" ”

Lin Qingwan couldn't help laughing, "Do you know that I have a husband?" ”

"Isn't he dead?"

"Yes, he is dead," Lin Qingwan sighed: "But he is still alive in my heart, unless I forget him, it is impossible to marry again in this life, and there is no one in this world who can make me forget him." ”

Shan Fan sat down in disappointment and tried again, "The county lord really doesn't think about it?" I, I, in fact, I don't really care who marries whom. ”

Everyone burst into laughter again, and some people coaxed: "County Lord, I don't mind, you see that I look better than Shan Fan, and I am willing to marry you." ”

Lin Qingwan nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, yes, I'm glad you can have this awareness, if you have a girl you like in the future, tell her so, do this, why don't you find a daughter-in-law and have a bad life?" ”

Xu Lian also patted the table, "Tonight's meal is not only a celebration banquet, but also a Lantern Festival banquet, it's a festival, don't mess around, can you marry the county lord?" If she is willing, let alone married, even if she marries, I will also send my son over. ”

Su Zhang smiled and said: "That's not good, your son is married, where is worthy of the county lord, my son is almost the same." ”

Xu Lian scolded with a smile, "Your son's hair hasn't grown." ”

A few people laughed and revealed the matter, which did not embarrass Lin Qingwan or Shan Fan.