In the autumn of the next year, when the crops are harvested, it is time to fight, and Pearl knows it, because he has the memory of his previous life, and Qin Hui and other veterans in the army have also guessed it, and they have begun to have suspicion, that is, with the premonition and intelligence of others. This winter, it is another cold winter of heavy snow, and the cattle and sheep on the grassland will freeze to death, and the losses are very large. In his previous life, although Yidi suffered heavy losses, he also received a lot of food and goods from the border cities. On the pearl side, not too close to the border, and the village is remote, when there is a war, there is naturally no major event, but in fact, those Yidi people know more in their hearts that the places with the most grain are in the granaries of the government, and among the granaries of those big households, where the richest places are the richest, and where the rich families live, they have already been investigated, and they are naturally handy. At that time, although the Great Liang beat the invading Yidi, it was a good face, but the loss of grain, the huge wealth lost by the rich and the government treasury, it is impossible to say.

Of course, the warehouse that Qin Hui built later was more secretive, and it was not the government that came forward, some people saw that there were warehouses here, and there were so many, and it was near the barracks, Dahe, and they all thought that this was a place where big families hoarded goods, and the warehouses built by Qin Hui were not only in one place in a city, but also in a city, and there were also warehouses in other cities, some were bought directly, some were rented, and some were newly built. These are filled with food, but they are not very eye-catching.

On the other hand, in the firearms factory, the emperor made a decree. After Qin Hui finished handling official business next month, he returned to Beijing once, and there were several other generals who returned to Beijing this time, and Pearl was told by Qin Hui that he was also going to go, first, to meet his own mother-in-law, and secondly, Qin Hui was a foreign minister, and what the foreign minister was most afraid of was that someone would stumble on him in the court, so Pearl also had a task. It's lady diplomacy. Giving gifts and making friends with the court's relatives and dignitaries, even if you can't make friends, it's good to get rid of some malice.

But. Before leaving. Qin Hui is going to be busy with his big business. And Pearl needs to do a lot of things, the first thing is to settle the few stepchildren in the family. On this day, Pearl wore a red satin stand-up collar embroidered with five-colored roses and gold leaves. The gown is mink, the neckline and cuffs are black mink fur, a horse-faced skirt lined with gold silk embroidered roses, red deerskin boots decorated with pearls, the head is combed with a Ling Xuan bun, the hair bun has a red gold silk bead inlaid with a phoenix hairpin, and the position of the void on the right side is wearing seven red gold moire gem hairpins, although the handle of the hairpin is the same ornament, but the gems at the top are all bright and shiny gems of seven colors, inserted into a fan shape. Not only that, but the pearl also wore a large ruby pendant on her forehead. He wears multi-colored gemstone tassel earrings on his ears, a red gold jeweled treasure collar around his neck, and a pair of large bracelets woven into lapis lazuli in his hands. There is no ring on the hand, but on the two hands, there are four nail sets that were popular in the Qing Dynasty, and these two pairs today are red gold inlaid seven treasure nail sets, which can also be called armor. The makeup on the face is heavier than in the past, the eyebrows are raised, the eyeshadow is slightly thick, the eyeliner is elongated, and the lipstick is also dark red.

Not long after, Liu Zi opened the curtain, Qin Deying and his wife, Qin Dezhang, and Qin Min all walked in, leaving their subordinates outside.

"Say hello to my mother."

"Get up!"

When the four of them looked at the pearl's makeup, they didn't know why, the first feeling was fear, and then they were amazing, their stepmother was always unexpected. Qin Deying knew that there must be something important to say, and after sitting down, she first asked,

"I don't know if the mother is calling the children over, what's the matter?"

Pearl squinted her eyes and said, "You must have heard that your father is going back to the capital for the New Year this year, but because of the cold weather, and this is also a home, in the next year, those who come to give gifts, we have to give them, and those who come to send harvests, we can't leave people behind." So I thought, what do you think of the two of you staying and taking care of things at home? ”

Qin Deying said, "Yes, if Kong and I stay, we will definitely take a good look at the family, my mother can rest assured, but I hope my mother will give me more guidance, what should I pay attention to at the end of the year?" ”

Pearl said, "Since your father is not at home, the giver must also know, if there are any gifts that have been sent over, and there are some requests, reasonable, can be done, unreasonable, add some more gifts to send back." I think you can do this well, but no matter who it is, no matter what big people are behind him, remember one thing, you and your father are loyal to the emperor alone, and our Qin family can't do anything that ruins its reputation. I hope you can do a good job, if things go wrong, when we come back to clean up, it won't look good. "Pearl said the truth, I was afraid that Qin Deying would do something bad, after all, there were some things, Qin Hui didn't tell him,

Qin Deying hurriedly stood up and bowed down and said, "Mother, don't worry, we will do things safely and not cause trouble." ”

Pearl saw that he had a good attitude, and said, "If it is a matter in the yamen, you don't care if it is asked about you, your father must have someone in charge of everything." You can't represent, it's not a triviality, you know? ”

"Yes, my son understands."

Seeing Qin Deying like this, Pearl was also happy to give benefits, so he said to Kong, "Kong, I will hand over your three younger brothers to you, and you have a great responsibility." And the body of the eldest young master, don't be negligent. ”

"Yes, mother, don't worry."

Pearl smiled slightly, and said, "I have probably prepared the gifts sent out, if there is any accident, you can go to the treasury to get it, I also left you last year's account book, Mama Liu I will take it away this time, but Mr. and Mrs. Song have left both of them, if you don't understand, go ask them." After this matter is done, I will give you a set of jewelry from the Treasure Building, and choose your favorite pearl head and face set. ”

When Kong Shi heard this, her eyes lit up, but she knew that a good bead was worth more than 10,000 taels of silver, and if it was from the treasure building, then this set of jewelry, to say the least, would cost 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver, and her face was red with excitement.

Pearl looked at Qin Dezhang again and said, "What are the plans of the second young master?" Do you want to go back to the capital with us, or do you plan to stay here? ”

"I can't do anything, I might as well go back to Beijing and get together with my friends, but, hehe, is the pocket money my mother gave this year the same as in the past?" Last year, I got nearly 3,000 taels of pocket money! Let him go out a lot more generously, especially the jade pendant that he sent out, and his brother of the same age, who has such a big stroke of his?

Pearl looked at Qin Dezhang, but remembered the things when he first met in his previous life, at that time, he was one of the famous four princes in the capital, he can be ranked among the four major princes in the capital, needless to say, Qin Hui was already the first assistant of the cabinet at that time, assisting the emperor, and won the trust of the emperor, his two younger brothers are also important ministers of the court, and the brothers in the family are also promising, and their sisters are married very well, although they have won the trust of the emperor and are powerful, but the Qin family has a very strict family education, and there has never been a bully happening. He didn't do anything hurtful, and although there was party strife in the court, he was not powerful. In the future, Qin Hui retired, and the eldest son Qin Deying took over the position of the first assistant, although he was meticulous in his work, but it still made the Qin family's position stable, and there were many children in the family. And this Qin Dezhang later chose to be a military general, but he didn't expect that he would really make some achievements.

Pearl looked at Qin Dezhang and said, "I heard from your husband that the second young master is talented, but he doesn't pay much attention to reading, I'm very worried!" Since you want to go back to Beijing with you, it's not impossible, but you have to do two current treatises, one is about water control, what angle, how to write, whatever you want, the other thing is your favorite military matter, but this is a requirement, write 'sneak attack', if this is written well, I will send you a set of art of war that you have never seen, not only the interpretation of ancient wars, but also the history of world wars. Especially books about surprise attacks. My little brother is about the same age as you, this set of books, I got it from foreigners, personally translated, this set of books, more than 2 million words, if you want to transcribe it, it will take two or three months, and if this book is given away, whether you will transcribe a copy and give it to others, it is difficult to say. ”

"Is there really a book like this?" Qin Dezhang was overjoyed,

Pearl smiled and said, "That's natural, I'm going to joke with you about it?" ”

"Okay, when I get to the capital, I won't forget to write an article." Qin Dezhang smiled and agreed,

Pearl raised her chin with a cold face, and said, "Although my little brother is about the same age as you, he was taught by me personally, and he is even more clever and clever. I'm going to find someone to transcribe your and my brother's writings, and then I'll find your father and your teachers to review them. ”

When Qin Dezhang heard that he was going to compete, he was even more energetic, and said, "Mother, don't worry, I have won the book." ”

Pearl then set her eyes on Qin Min who was sitting upright, at this time, Qin Min was sitting and lying down, he was already a little bit old, he had read a lot of books in the past month, and he had also learned to be a female celebrity and learned to know ingredients. For pearls, from the beginning of unconvinced, to the later fear, since Pearl personally taught her poetry and calligraphy girl red, it is completely worship, and she has become close to pearls. Now that she can figure it out, she is still under the guidance of Mama, which makes Pearl's heart feel a lot more comfortable, it is much better than waiting until Mama talks to her about the relationship, and then she stammers up, and said to Qin Min,

"What is the eldest lady going to do?"

Qin Min thought for a while, stood up and replied, "I also want to go back to the capital, I also have friends there, and besides, I also miss my grandmother." ”

Pearl snorted and said, "Okay, since that's the case, it's decided." ”

There are 50,000 taels of silver in the treasury in the house now, and some of them were used some time ago, and some rare books were bought, but some more things that could be used as gifts, and they packed up the gifts they wanted to bring, and sent them to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing first, and the rest followed their husband and wife and two children together. (To be continued.) )