"What victory?" The wine lady didn't hear clearly.

"A great victory on the Hunhe River." The young man blushed with excitement, "My big tomorrow soldier of 25,000 plus 5,000 Korean troops defeated more than 100,000 Jiannu Mabu troops on the south bank of the Hunhe River. ”

The boy was clearly enlightened and had read history books.

The development of handicraft industry strongly promoted by Chongzhen in Jiangnan is bearing fruitful results in various fields, and the spillover effect in the cultural field is that the number of Mongolian children who have the opportunity to study has greatly increased.

Two or three years ago, a teenager like the one in front of me would not have had the opportunity to study.

In their tavern, it is difficult to even maintain the livelihood of the family, and it is impossible for them to take out five taels or even ten taels of silver every year to enlighten him.

But the marginal effect of handicrafts is still limited after all.

The cost of handicraft printing workshops is still high.

School-age children at the lower levels still can't afford to buy books or pay for repairs.

Only when the practical application of the steam engine is completed, and the printing workshop evolves from a handicraft workshop to a machine factory, will the price of books drop significantly, and then the whole population will be able to read.

"Really?" The wine lady was surprised when she heard this.

It's always a pleasure to win, and as long as you're a decent person, who wants their country to lose?

However, what made the wine lady even happier was the interests, because the wine lady found that last time Concubine Li won the battle in eastern Sichuan, the business of the tavern was much better, and later Yan gave advice to win another battle in Dagukou, and there were more soldiers who came to the tavern to drink.

The wine lady had even foreseen that those scholars and merchants would come to drink with their company.

If you can earn a few dozen taels of silver this month, you can buy a three-entry courtyard on Gongyuan Street.

The Construction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has built a new row of more than a dozen small courtyards on Gongyuan Street, she has already gone to see it, and she really likes it, but she has a few dozen taels on hand, otherwise she would have made a move.

Yes, that's right, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already begun to get involved in real estate.

However, the original intention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get involved in real estate was not to make money.

On the contrary, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is involved in real estate in order to stabilize housing prices.

Because with the great development of Nanjing's handicraft industry, the number of workshops has increased dramatically, and the increase in workshops has led to a sharp increase in employment, so Nanjing's permanent population has ushered in explosive growth.

According to conservative estimates, Nanjing's population now exceeds two million.

The influx of people led to a shortage of housing, and businessmen with a keen sense of smell immediately set their sights on real estate, creating and selling houses for profit, resulting in a rapid rise in housing prices.

Seeing this, Chongzhen ordered the Internal Affairs Office to intervene strongly.

As early as when the land price was close to the price of cabbage, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent 18 million taels of silver to buy most of the land in Nanjing City, plus the confiscated land, and hoarded a large amount of land.

After receiving the order, Ma Mingluo immediately set up a construction department to build a house.

Within half a year, Nanjing's housing prices were hit to the price of cabbage.

It's really the price of cabbage, and the small citizen class can afford to buy a small courtyard.

Migrant workers at the bottom can easily afford the rent for a single room.

The businessmen who tried to make huge profits had nothing to lose, but the people of Nanjing praised them.

Getting back to the point, the wine lady said happily: "Great, Daming has won another big victory." ”

"Not credible, not credible." Huang Daozhou waved his hand and said, "This must be a border general who falsely reported his military exploits." ”

"It must be a false report of war exploits." Qian Qianyi thought deeply and said, "In the past, although those border generals were greedy, they still had to be controlled by Wenchen, even if they falsely reported their military exploits, they didn't dare to make it too outrageous, but now these Qinwang soldiers who are in command of the army rely on the support of the saints, and they really dare to say anything, 25,000 Ming troops defeated more than 100,000 Jiannu, and they fought in the field on the south bank of the Hunhe River?" How dare they say that all the people under the world are fools? Sad, sad. ”

"I don't allow you to insult the Ming God of War with words!" The boy was furious.

"Hey, it's not too old, but it's not small." Qian Qianyi said abruptly, "Who is the Ming God of War?" ”

The young man crossed his hands on his hips and said indignantly: "It is Xu Zhiying Weigong, who led my great soldiers to win a great victory in Liaodong, he killed more than 12,000 Jiannu in a battle with fewer blows, and captured more than 8,000 people. ”

"It's getting more and more nonsense." Qian Qianyi really couldn't listen to it.

Huang Daozhou also said angrily: "The defeat of the 25,000 Ming army and the 5,000 Korean army of Jiannu is already terrifying enough, and now they dare to brag unashamedly that they have killed more than 12,000 Jiannu and more than 8,000 prisoners. ”

"You ......," said the young man angrily, "you wait for me." ”

After saying that, the boy turned around and ran out of the alley.

At this time, the cheers outside the alley were getting louder and louder.

Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou are a little believed, did they really achieve a great victory in the Hunhe River?

When he was in doubt, the young man had already run back, put a newspaper on the wine table, and said loudly: "You see, did my great soldiers achieve a great victory on the south bank of the Hunhe River?" ”

"Hanlin Daily?" Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou looked at each other.

Looking at the front page headline of Hanlin Daily, it is impressively written that the Hunhe River has won a great victory.

"This ......" Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou are completely stupid, is it true?

Because the Hanlin Daily is a newspaper run by the Hanlin Academy, the Hanlin Yuan is different from the Internal Affairs Office, which is the eagle dog of the Holy Saint, but the Hanlin Yuan has always been upright and never patted the Holy Prince's ass.

So the Hanlim Daily article is still credible.

The Ming army actually defeated Jiannu in the field?

And an unprecedented victory?

12,000 beheaded, 8,000 taken alive?

It's unbelievable.

……

Looking back, Shi Jiuke rushed back to Xinchang from Nanjing in only five days, and he didn't have time to go back to his own house in Huangtan first, so he went straight to Xu's house in Laodong.

When Shi Jiuke arrived, the Xu family was sitting around eating dinner.

"Why are you here? But something happened to the Huangtanshi family? Xu Shiyi was a little surprised, and said in his heart that there is no New Year's Day, what is the eldest brother of the Shi family doing when he comes to Dongshan?

"No, no, our Shi family has not changed, it is your Xu family."

Shi Jiuke hadn't even breathed yet, so he only said half of his words.

Xu Shiyi's heart jumped violently, and his expression changed greatly: "Could it be Ying Wei and his ......?"

Mrs. Xu next to her shook her hand, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and Shi Sanniang's beautiful eyes instantly welled up with tears, and they also said that Xu Yingwei sacrificed his life for Daming, and Shi Jiu came to report the funeral.

"No, where do you want to go?" Only then did Shi Jiuke realize that the atmosphere was not quite right.

At that moment, he stomped his foot and said: "Ying Wei, he's fine, but he is in the middle of the military department, what can he do?" ”

Shi Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, but Old Madam Xu cried: "So something happened to Ying Long?" ”

"Alas, where do you want to go, mother-in-law, Ying Long is fine, the two of them are fine." Shi Jiuke didn't dare to say anything more at this time, and said in one breath, "I spent five days and nights rushing back from Nanjing to Laodong, and I came to say hello to your family, Ying Wei has made a great contribution, and he has won a big victory in Liaodong!" ”

"Neither of them had an accident, that's good." Old Madam Xu was relieved.

Xu Shiyi also stuffed a piece of fat meat into his mouth, and said while chewing: "Isn't it just a victory, just send someone to bring a message back, and you have to rush back day and night, there is no need for this." ”

"Father-in-law, are you listening to me?" "This is a big victory. ”

"A big win?" Xu Shiyi said disdainfully, "How big can it be?" Isn't it just guarding the camp and beheading hundreds of Jiannu, a thousand in the sky, or beheading a Baylor? ”

"Father-in-law, then you listen well." Shi Jiuke said word by word.

"Ying Wei led 25,000 Ming troops plus 5,000 Korean troops from Shenyang to Gaizhouwei on the way, on the south bank of the Hunhe River encountered tens of thousands of Jiannu horses, after a day and night of field battles, more than 12,000 Jiannu were killed, and more than 8,000 people were captured, this is the biggest victory of my Ming Dynasty since the Xuande Dynasty!"

After a pause, Shi Jiuke said again: "With this battle, Ying Wei doesn't dare to say that he will chase Wei Huo directly, but it is inevitable that he will go down in history and enjoy the Taimiao Temple one day, which is amazing." ”

Xu Shiyi's eyes widened, and then his throat suddenly snorted.

"Ahh Mrs. Xu hurriedly said, "Ying Xiong, hurry up for your father, hurry up." ”

Xu Yingxiong hurriedly grabbed Xu Shiyi, slapped Xu Shiyi on the back, and then smoothed his chest, tossing for a while before Xu Shiyi finally swallowed the fat stuck in his throat.

"Ancestor, my ancestor, this is really the ancestral tomb is smoking."

"Our Xu family is going to be a general, our Xu family is going to be a general!"

Xu Shiyi jumped up and said to Xu Yingxiong: "Yingxiong, go and let the housekeeper prepare the sacrifices, and then you and my father and son will go to the ancestral tomb mountain overnight to pay tribute to the ancestors." ”

Xu Yingxiong was a little resistant in his heart: "Dad, what time is it now?" ”

"You kid knows a piece of." Xu Shiyi honestly and unceremoniously chiseled Xu Yingxiong's head, and scolded, "You don't know how spiritual our ancestors of the Xu family are, you are so unfilial, and your ancestors don't care about you." ”

Xu Yingxiong was not afraid of his ancestors, but he was afraid of being beaten by his father, so he immediately went away.

Xu Shiyi said to Shi Jiuke again: "Jiuke, this time it's really hard for you." ”

Shi Jiuke was really tired this time, but he said: "Father-in-law, it's nothing." ”

"You will spend one night in the guest room first, and I will take you back to Huangtan in a car early tomorrow morning." After Xu Shiyi finished speaking, he turned back and instructed his daughter-in-law, "Hurry up and clean up the guest room." ”

After settling Shi Jiuke, Xu Shiyi and his son went straight to the ancestral tomb mountain with sacrifices.

This old official has an almost paranoid superstition about his ancestors, and firmly believes that the reason why Xu Yingwei has today's achievements is all due to the blessing of his ancestors, so he must pay tribute to his ancestors as soon as possible.