Two days later, the horse team came out of the small sand sea.

The last twenty-five miles of land is a fine sandy Gobi desert, with green grass and sparse low shrubs, and then a large forest in sight. Xiao Yan has been facing the Yellow Desert Desert for three days in a row, and now when he sees a fresh forest, he seems to feel that the air has become fresh. The horse team did not stop in the woods, for five miles ahead was the inn.

That night, stop at the inn.

Zhou Quanhai said, further north to Tingzhou City, it is an oasis, and said that there is a small village in the north for five miles, there are about forty or fifty families. Xiao Cong originally wanted to rest in the post house for two days, waiting for the convoy behind, but when he heard that there was a village, he changed his mind. The next day, the horse team went out of the post house to the north, and sure enough, there was a village five miles later, and Xiao Cong ordered to camp in tents outside the village.

Together with Shen Qingyi and Xiao Yan, under the protection of more than a dozen guards and hidden guards, he went to the village to see the living conditions of the villagers, talk with the villagers about the harvest of the year, and go to see the pastures for grazing and the wheat fields where spring wheat was planted.

When he came back, he looked heavy and sighed: "Hexi is still too poor. ”

Shen Qingyi sighed secretly and said, "It's not bad that no one starved to death. ”

Xiao Cong was silent: I'm afraid that in the drought years, people will still starve to death.

He thought in his heart, next time he came out, he would bring some cousins with him, and let them see what kind of life Li Shu was living in Hexi, so that he would know that the Xiao family was not full of flowers in Hexi.

The horse team waited in the village until the afternoon of the second day, and the convoy escorted by a hundred cavalry finally came out of the small sand sea to catch up, and after resting for the night, the carriage and horses went north together.

Tingzhou has a vast area, and it took more than 100 miles to the northwest to see the first county seat. Because he met a village on the way, Xiao Cong ordered to stop for an hour or two, so he walked for five days before he reached the next county seat. Xiao Yan couldn't help but worry, if she continued like this, maybe she would enter autumn when she arrived in Jingnan. But the fourth brother realized that this was the right thing to do, and Xiao Yan felt that it would be too unconscionable for her to say that she should leave quickly, so she comforted herself that it didn't matter if she went a few months late. Resting at the post house this night, Xiao Cong turned over the □ on the couch and said to Shen Qingyi: "On the road in the past two days, I see that Ah Yan is a little anxious. ”

Shen Qingyi closed his eyes and said lightly: "She is in a hurry to go to the Jingnan Army." ”

Xiao Cong remembered what he had seen and heard in the Weisheng Army, and couldn't help sighing, and said: "I heard Wei Sanlang say that if you want to be promoted to a battalion general in the army, you will have a single account, a school captain will have a single account, and a brigade commander will have a single account. When Ah Yan arrived in the army, it is estimated that he will start from the team, one brigade and eight teams, sleep in one tent, and shop in a large shop. If the team in the same account is not in good habits, there may be snoring, grinding teeth, picking feet, and smelly socks...... There are also ...... who don't sleep well," he said, the more terrifying he became, feeling that sending his younger brother into the army was like sending a big white sheep into a black bear's den.

Shen Qingyi felt bad as soon as he heard that he was sleeping in a big bunk, and then he heard that someone "didn't sleep well", and when he heard that someone was "sleeping badly", a big thick leg full of hair appeared in his mind and rested on Xiao Yan in the middle of the night...... She sat down.

Xiao Cong was taken aback by her, "Qingyi? ”

Shen Qingyi gritted his teeth and lay down, "Let Aunt Seven find a way...... In short, can't sleep in a chase shop! ”

Xiao Cong sighed, Aunt Seven is not easy to speak, but the Chase shop is really not beautiful, so she thought about what Xiao Cong said.

Xiao Cong didn't sleep well this night, Shen Qingyi thought that Xiao Cong would solve it, but his heart was relaxed and he had a good night's sleep. The next day, Xiao Cong sat in the carriage to catch up on sleep. On this day, I traveled two posts and arrived at the second county seat. The guards and hidden guards escorted Xiao Cong's carriage into the city to stay, and the cavalry and tooth soldiers camped outside the city as usual. At dusk, Xiao Xian rushed over from Hezhou with two Cave True Realm Grandmasters in the clan, and left immediately with the relics of Dao Xuanzi. Dao Xuanzi's bones were brought to Tingzhou with Xiao Cong's chariot and horse, and Xiao Shi notified Daomen before welcoming them back.

I stayed in the county seat for one day, set off on the third day, stopped on the road, and traveled north for seven or eight days to the third county seat. On the third day, they set off and stopped for another six or seven days, and finally arrived at Tingzhou City.

Wei Jingshou, the commander of the Zhenwu Army, led 17 generals to meet them at the post house thirty miles south of the city.

"Shizi, it's been hard all the way!" Before Wei Jingshou arrived, the sound had arrived, and he hugged his fists and saluted from afar, and he greeted him with a tiger.

Xiao Yan visually measured that the commander was about six feet seven tall, with broad shoulders and a round waist, and under the purple general's robe without armor, he could see that his chest muscles and arm muscles were bulging. The eyes on the square face had deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge, which seemed to have some Western Regions tribal blood. His appearance is rough, and his words and deeds are heroic, which makes people feel that this gentleman is quite rude. But Xiao Yan heard the fourth brother remind him that the military master of the Zhenwu Army is thick on the outside and fine on the inside, and he is no less than Wei Yun in terms of heart and eyes, and he is by no means the kind of reckless man who has muscles in his brain.

Xiao Cong clenched his fists and laughed loudly: "General Lao led all the gentlemen to greet him. He also greeted Xiao Yan.

Everyone saluted.

When Xiao Yan stepped forward to salute, Wei Jingshouhao laughed, "Yingxiu is a good son!" With a big hand, he stretched out his sixth son, Wei Tingbai, "Ah Bai, you are a few years older than the seventeenth Lang Jun, you should be kind to say hello, don't lose face." ”

Wei Tingbai didn't look as rough as his father, his eyebrows were clear, and he was picked up by his father's shoulders like this, his expression was a little helpless, but he saluted Xiao Cong very politely, and greeted Xiao Yan again, and spoke softly. Xiao Yan had two good feelings, and when he got on the horse and galloped to Tingzhou, the two walked side by side, and when they entered the city and arrived at the general's mansion, the two had already called each other ranked.

Wei Jingshou's mansion is the residence of the general Huaihua general, and the general Huaihua is under the third grade, which is three orders higher than Wei Yun's general from the third rank to the German general, but it is also a military general, and the official residence regulations are the same. Wei Jingshou's General's Mansion was also expanded, but compared with Wei Yun's expanded General's Mansion, it was one-third smaller. This is not surprising, Wei Jingshou was born in a poor family, and he can't compare to the financial resources of Wei Yun, who was born in a family surnamed A.

However, General Wei's Mansion is also grand enough, but the garden is not as much as General Wei's Mansion. The courtyard is not so elegant, the pattern is a bit like a square city, they are all square, and the distance between each other is also the same. Wei Jingshou said when he introduced: "It's square and neatly arranged, it's good-looking." Xiao Cong laughed, thinking, is this using the family as a camp?

Xiao Cong and his entourage were arranged in the Grand View Courtyard, because this courtyard is located between the front and back yards of the General's Mansion, from the main gate of the courtyard, to the front of the house, from the North Corner Gate, is the backyard, the front and back are considerable, Wei Jingshou is a "big view" with a stroke of the pen.

In the evening, the general's mansion set up a dust washing banquet, the hall of the former mansion is separated by a glass screen for men and women, outside the screen is a cadre of the Zhenwu Army and the sons of Wei Jingshou, together to entertain the prince "brothers", and the inside of the screen is the ladies of the general's mansion to entertain the prince's wife.

The guests and hosts of the dinner were all happy, and after the banquet was over, Xiao Yan pulled the corners of his mouth and said: "General Wei has so many sons, he can form a fire." "There are a total of eleven sons-in-law, which is exactly ten people, one fire and one fire chief.

Shen Qingyi was at the women's banquet, and the news about the children was more comprehensive, and said: "General Wei has two wives in front of him, and he has four sons and three daughters, this lady is surnamed Ma, and has Shilang, Liulang and Baniang. There are nine children alone. There are also five sons and seven daughters. ”

Xiao Cong thought to himself: Twenty-one children, how big does Wei Jingshou have to earn a share of the family property?

Although the family property and the dowry of the concubine are less than that of the concubine, the sum of more than a dozen concubines is not a few, not to mention that Wei Jingshou is a third-grade official, and marrying a concubine cannot be too shabby.

Wei Jingshou may have other inputs in Tingzhou, taking this expanded mansion as an example, even if it is not as good as Wei Mansion, it is estimated that the cost will be 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. If it is not for embezzling military salaries or selling weapons privately, then there are other ways to make money.

Xiao Cong pondered, when patrolling the army, he should focus on checking the food and armament, which is not necessarily a suspicion that Wei Jingshou's hands and feet are not clean, but governing the army is like governing the government, and inspection and supervision are necessary, otherwise the slackness above will inevitably develop the laziness below.

Xiao Yan didn't think as deeply as her brother, she felt a little bad when she thought that Wei Jingshou had so many children and had to accept so many concubines.

She glanced at Xiao Cong: Will the fourth brother also take concubines in the future?

Thinking about it made her feel even more depressed.

She couldn't help but glance at Shen Qingyi, her eyes were a little dazed.

Shen Qingyi looked back, "What's wrong with Ah Yan?" ”

Xiao Cong also looked over.

Xiao Yan couldn't say that she was worried about the fourth brother's concubine, so she said a little wiltingly: "I'm a little sleepy." ”

"Then go back to your room early and take a shower." Xiao Cong looked at the dripping pot, and it was almost time to arrive.

"Well, then I'll go and rest." Xiao Yan said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law, got up and went back to the room.

"Ah Yan doesn't look very good," Xiao Congqi said, "You're quite energetic on weekdays?" ”

Shen Qingyi's eyes were gloomy, and he said lazily: "Who knows her." As I get older, I think about a lot of things. ”

Xiao Cong smiled, stopped mentioning her, and continued to exchange views on the Wei Mansion with Shen Qingyi.

Xiao Cong said: "The tutor in the Wei Mansion is good, the six sisters-in-law are from three mothers, and the five concubines also have their own biological mothers, but they don't seem to get along with each other, and they also carry each other when they toast and talk, and they look like brothers, friends and brothers." ”

Shen Qingyi asked, "How about a few concubines?" ”

"Humility does not take the lead, demeanor is generous and courteous, and there is no cowardice."

Shen Qingyi nodded and said, "I watched a few concubines at the banquet, and they were also generous and polite, respectful and not cowardly. It can be seen that this Mrs. Ma is very open-minded. "The mother's temperament depends on how she treats her children.

And how is the family style of the poor family, a large part of the dù depends on the atmosphere in the backyard.

This is different from the family, the family has a special way to educate children, what age to learn, what habits to develop, daily life and rest, this has regulations, as well as the family specially cultivated the guidance of the childcare mother, and from the age of three to move away from the biological mother to live in a unified yard for men and women, to receive education by age group, just every morning to the mother-in-law to say goodbye, and the children visit the biological mother once a day, so even if the backyard of the family is jealous, it will not affect the education of the children. ——The greatest heritage of the family is actually reflected in the educational experience accumulated by the family for hundreds of years.

But Hanmen does not have such a background, and in the early years of their children, the biggest impact on them is the backyard. If the mother-in-law raises her children, there are generally two reasons, one is that the mother-in-law cannot tolerate people, so she treats the concubine mean; The second is that the man in charge of the family messed up the rules of the concubine, making his wife feel threatened, so he raised the concubine. Whatever the reason, it will be listed as "not very useful" by the Maison.

As the future governor of Hexi, Xiao Cong will use Wei Jingshou's sons in the future, and it is very important whether the Wei family's family style is good or not. Especially in the special position of the hereditary governor of Hexi Province, the Xiao family is not only used for one generation, but for more than three generations, so as to cultivate a loyal and attached military general family. Therefore, family style and education are even more important, as the wife of the head of the family, if she lives a long time, she is an important person who influences three generations.

From the preliminary point of view, Wei Jingshou's family style is qualified.

Xiao Cong exchanged views with Shen Qingyi, took out his codex, and drew a circle under the "A" column that represented the family style on the special marked page.

The author has something to say: Seventeen students are starting to worry ~~~

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