When the sun was setting, Jiang and Chen Lanfang arrived at the courtyard at the entrance of the street. The carriage stopped at Ern, Chen Lan helped Jiang to get out of the car, and before he could stand firmly, he saw Xiao Lang striding forward and arching his hand to them.

"Auntie, sister-in-law, it's not too early, since you have arrived home, I will go back first."

"What's the hurry!" Jiang said angrily, "Since Ah Lan is in the garrison mansion and said to people that you have something to leave to discuss, what is the matter if you hurry back at this time?" Stay and eat and leave, although you have someone to serve, but you may not be used to the taste of Jiangnan. It's rare that I'm interested today, let's go to the kitchen to make dumplings to eat! ”

"Ahh

As soon as these words came out, not only Xiao Lang, but even Chen Lan was taken aback. When she was in the New Year, she followed the Jiang family to the kitchen to make a dumpling, although it was barely okay, but it was okay to give Yang Jinzhou a taste, and there was no reason to give that kind of crappy goods to others to eat. So, she hurriedly grabbed Jiang's arm, and said with a smile: "Mother, you are not tired when you go out to be a guest all day today, you can make these dumplings at any time" Why rush for a while? Dinner must have been prepared in the kitchen......"

"What am I tired of, one by one I said good things next to my ears, and the second sister of the Xu family personally gave me my arm and leg, I was embarrassed by that courteous posture, and I thought in my heart that I didn't have another son, if there really is, it would be good to ask this to be my daughter-in-law." Jiang glanced at Xiao Lang as he spoke, and suddenly quipped, "The eldest sister of the Xu family is a little arrogant, and the marriage agreement is made, the second sister of the Xu family is really good to look at, Xiao Lang, you have seen you later, you might as well take a closer look." ”

Jiang just said that he would stay and eat dumplings, and Xiao Lang coldly remembered the Chinese New Year's Eve spent in King Jing's Mansion, and his face couldn't help but show a strange expression, so he actually missed Jiang's later words. Until he noticed a strange silence, he immediately came to his senses, and saw that the Jiang family and Chen Lan were looking at him with interest, and the mothers and girls behind him also had strange faces, so he quickly nodded as if to cover it up and said, "What my aunt said is true." ”

It would not be strange if Xiao Lang was talking about him left and right at this time, or if he directly rejected Chen Lan coldly, however, at this time, this Leng Xianshi actually nodded and agreed, and she suddenly felt as if she had seen a ghost. Helped Jiang all the way to the main room to take off the clothes of this visitor, and saw that her mother-in-law insisted on changing into homely clothes and cooking herself, she was originally going to go with her, but Jiang was angrily kicked out of the kitchen. She had to go back to the house, but as soon as she entered, Xiao Lang was sitting on the first chair on her left hand with a stunned expression, her eyebrows were sometimes tangled and sometimes stretched, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Why are you so distracted?" Seeing Xiao Lang raise his head when he heard the voice, he opened his mouth but was a little embarrassed, Chen Lan couldn't help laughing, "Just now my mother told you that the second sister of the Xu family is good" Are you trying to see someone? ”

"What's good?"

Faced with such a stupid goose, Chen Lan couldn't help but pat his forehead lightly with his hand, knowing in his heart that the words just now were just picked up by Xiao Lang, but he didn't know what it meant at all. smiled and told the truth of the matter, and before she could make a joke, she saw Xiao Lang shaking his head coldly.

"Hearing you say this, it is probably because she knows that her brother is in trouble, so she is so attentive to her aunt, just so that her aunt knows afterwards, and she is embarrassed to pull down her face to investigate. Her sister is just a little arrogant, but she is too sophisticated and sleek, such a nv has two faces, and she may not be a virtuous woman when she marries home. ”

After saying this, Chen Lan, who suddenly appeared in front of him, stared at him motionlessly, and was stunned for a moment and explained: "In the past, there was a widowed deputy general's wife who often took NV to the house to string N, and that Sister X was also about the same as XN" My mother said such things to me afterwards. From then on, when they came, I would avoid going out, and when we met on the road, at most they would just nod and say hello, and over time they would never come again. ”

It was not the first time Chen Lan had heard Xiao Lang mention his mother.

At first, I was a NV person who was cold and indifferent to his children, and later he was a virtuous helper who stopped cooking for Zhendong Hou, and now listening to Xiao Lang say this, she gradually sketched another image of DN knowing the world in her heart. It's just that after thinking for a while, "Thinking that she should be able to see people when she returns to Beijing, she temporarily pressed this thought, and also dispelled her plan to make fun of this stupid goose."

After all, the mother of the two, the Jiang family and Mrs. Zhendong Hou, are different, if Yang Jinzhou is an ice cube, Xiao Lang is an iceberg! Speaking of which, Yang Jinzhou didn't know what was going on, where was he taken by King Jing and what he was doing now?

Although they are already very familiar with each other, they used to discuss things together, but at this time, if they really want to talk, Chen Lan can't find much to talk about. At this moment, "she can't help but admire her mother-in-law very much, at least, when Xiao Lang and the Yan family are together, they will not be as unable to find a topic as now." So, she had to turn the topic to the Zhendong Hou Mansion, and sure enough, Xiao Lang gradually talked more.

"Zhendong Hou has been guarding Nuergancheng for more than 100 years, because it is lonely in the northeast and a bitter cold place, if there are too many soldiers, it must be difficult to supply, and if there are too few soldiers, it is not enough to deter the NV Zhen tribes and the Eastern Mongolian tribes that have moved eastward. Although Nu'er Gancheng has become taller and taller, "and more and more solid", but for many years, the population of the Xiao family has always been very thin, and for generations of family heads and direct brothers, there are few old death beds, and most of them are killed in battle. My mother mentioned to me that the reason why I have never dared to let sail is not because the Zhendong Hou Mansion wants to monopolize the interests, in fact, the cost of building ships and maintaining caravans alone is already very high" but because I am afraid of "......"

After that, he suddenly glanced at Aunt Yun and Yun'er, and didn't continue. However, Chen Lan understands very well. If once the navigation is opened, the merchants will pursue profits, in order to obtain the precious Y-timber skins in the north, then there will be countless merchant ships going there, and the huge trade will bring a huge population flow, and the Zhendong Hou Mansion can expand step by step as long as it collects taxes, and this is precisely the great taboo of the imperial court. That day, she only sent his wife and children to the capital because the Marquis of Zhendong tentatively proposed navigation, but Xiao Lang agreed, thinking that he was by no means as he seemed.

"Nuer Gancheng has been guarded by the troops of the Zhendong Hou Mansion for so many years, and there has never been a civil official, and now after so many years, Nuer Gancheng has expanded more than three times compared to that year, and it should be set up to be led by officials."

When Xiao Lang said this, he suddenly realized that he was like his father who was frowning all day long and worrying about all kinds of important things, but his mother, who was not always talking, was suddenly a little uncomfortable. He was thinking about what to say about remedy, when he heard Chen Lan answer on the side: "The emperor will naturally understand the sincerity of the Marquis of Zhendong. It's just that after the establishment of officials, whether it is agricultural or commercial taxes, or military supplies, they have to be uniformly dispatched through the household department, but these are not necessarily so easy. ”

"Household dispatch? Ah, let's go, in the past, the imperial court's military supplies to Nu'er Gancheng were symbolized, and if it is really dispatched by the household department in the future, it is really not a simple matter......", Yun'er, who was standing on the side, had no interest in this kind of big thing, plus he went out for a whole day during the day, and at this time, he couldn't help but be a little sleepy and quietly reached out to cover his mouth and yawn a few times. After all, Aunt Yun has been immersed in Kunning Palace for many years, and she knows a lot about the situation in the Hou Mansion in Zhendong, and her face can't help but move as she says, but when she looks at these two people who say a word to me, she has a trace of delusion...... However, this Zhendong Hou Shineng and NV discussed J Liu like this, and he was also deeply influenced by his mother. It is also due to the atmosphere of this dynasty, otherwise how can there be so many women who do not let their eyebrows be shaved!

.................. "......" ...... "......, although it is the end of NT, it seems that it is about to enter summer, but there is already a high sea breeze on the beach in the evening, and it is really a little cold to wear only single clothes. King Jing, who was standing by the window, couldn't help but hug his arms, then turned his head and said to Yang Jinzhou: "Shuquan, if you are asked to lead troops, you may take this island?" "I'm not familiar with the trolls. Yang Jinzhou shook his head but then narrowed his eyes, "Although the precautions here are good, if you really want to say how complete, it may not be." As long as you master the time route of rising and retreating, etc., and then add the generals of the deep water army, it is not difficult to occupy this place. Well, back then, wasn't the eldest princess of Anguo suddenly Yang Fan won the Ryukyus? ”

"You're right, a place like Ryukyu can't afford a big army, let alone this place."

At this moment, the big N outside was pushed away, followed by a man and an NV into the house. The young NV in front of his head glared at Yang Jinzhou viciously, his face full of anger: "Don't look down on people, although our island is X, it is not the kind of place in Ryukyu that can't afford to fight!" ”

"Oh"

Yang Jinzhou's simple one-word answer made the young NV more angry and not to fight in one place. And immediately after, the man on the side stopped her who was about to be on fire, glanced at the two people in front of him, and said with a smile: "Fourth Highness, Lord Yang, the people you want to see have all arrived, and you will arrange to meet now, and go to ......", "Naturally, it is ......" King Jing suddenly stretched out his hands and yawned before he finished speaking, and then continued, "Let's talk about it tomorrow." It's so late at this time, won't you have to stay up until midnight to discuss? I don't have that jn god, no matter how big it is, or wait until tomorrow morning...... No, no, the morning after tomorrow, they came by boat from afar, and they thought it was hard to come, so they should rest and rest first, don't be so hurried, don't hurry.

This sentence of not being in a hurry suddenly made the corners of the young nv's mouth twitch for a while, and the man on the side also changed his face a little, but he still agreed with a smile. When the people left the house, Yang Jin Zhou Fang looked coldly at the lazy King Jing.

"Although they have been rooted in the South Seas for many years, compared to the Francophile people who gradually came here with strong ships and cannons, they have a limited population and limited land, and they have been too greedy for profits for many years, and they don't know how many times they have fought internally, and they are difficult to support themselves after all. So now, it's them, not us, who are in a hurry! Facing Yang Jinzhou's dissatisfied eyes, when he said this, King Jing's face showed a sly smile, "Otherwise, they definitely wouldn't have rushed over like this!" ”

Looking at this confident imperial prince, Yang Jinzhou suddenly said angrily: "Your Highness thinks there is time, but I don't think I have so much time." You and I are not here, Mr. Bi went to the East by sea, and the news in Jiangnan is not clear, in case something happens, His Highness can really control it all? Also, I was ordered to come to Liangjiang to take office, and there is an old mother and a good wife at home waiting for me to go back! If Your Highness you delay like this any longer, the court will be fine, and the two levels of Humble Jing and Xiao Shi will not be easy! ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw King Jing's smiling face freeze there