Before entering the house, He Lingchuan heard a clanging sound. Now the He Mansion is full of people, unloading furniture, demolishing courtyard walls, moving materials, and is in full swing.

This is Mrs. Ying's renovation plan, limited by the limited budget, she has to do every link herself, personally checked.

He Yue originally suggested that he start work again in late spring, that is, two months later, so as to save a lot of money, but was decisively rejected by his mother's aesthetics.

It's so ugly, I can't bear it for a day! The house is not as big as the old house in Blackwater City, it is built on the west side, and it must be heard in the east, and there is no quiet at all.

He Chunhua and He Yue were all in the mansion during the day, and He Lingchuan couldn't practice at home, so he had to go out to eat, drink and have fun, and even the rock wolf Lu Xin, who had a keen sense of hearing, also suggested: "Otherwise, let's go to the inn to open a room?" Fortunately, he wandered for a day today, the sun was about to set, and he went back to the yard to take a shower and came out again, and the construction stopped.

Workers, like employers, have to go home for dinner. The He father and son also went home, bathed and changed clothes in the same way, and the family was reunited at the dinner table.

He Lingchuan glanced at the table and was surprised: "Hey, play the side stove today?" ”

"What side stove?" Mrs. Ying smiled,

"It's called antique soup, and the locals love to eat it." There was a thin-skinned iron pot on the table, and there were actually two grids inside and outside, and the soup was bubbling in the bones.

There are many raw foods on the table, meat or pickled or cut, as well as a few pickled vegetables and a few vegetables. Vegetables are hard to come by this season, even Chinese cabbage.

For He Lingchuan, isn't this just hot pot? He sat down, shook the meat a few times, and dipped it in some spices.

The entrance is spicy and surprisingly delicious. He Yue kept staring at him, and when he saw that he didn't even keep slicing a few pieces of meat, he was obviously a little disappointed: "Brother, how does it taste?" ”

"That's good." He Lingchuan gulped meat, and the sound was molded in the lake,

"If you don't eat it, it's gone."

"Not spicy?" There was no difference between the soup in the inner and outer circles, but in fact, there were a lot of peppers added to the inner circle, and he almost squirted out when he tasted it just now.

It's numb and spicy! He Lingchuan had already seen floating peppercorns and chili peppers. What's this, isn't it the super ...... of the red pot? Simplified version, the difference is that there is no such layer of iconic red oil.

In the past, when there was no money to spend at the end of each month, he could eat directly with the whole bottle of yellow lantern sauce. Coming into this world hardly tastes spicy, and he is still not used to it for the first half of the year.

Yes, I wasn't used to it until now. This familiar spicy taste continued, and he almost looked up to the sky and roared.

But he still has to be reserved on the surface: "It's okay, don't you think this taste is quite enjoyable?" ”

"yes." The tongue stings, but it's surprisingly refreshing. In addition to He Lingchuan, the other three people of the He family are all white soup with many shabu-shabu outer circles, and occasionally spicy soup with shabu inner circles, otherwise they can't stand it.

"It's a pity that I don't dare to use it more." He Lingchuan threw down the chopsticks and went around outside, and when he came back, he held a big bowl and put it on the table: "Oh, if you think it's spicy, stuff it in your mouth." When the three of them looked at it, it was actually a big bowl of snow powder!

Mrs. Ying was a little worried: "Where did you dig it from?" "If this kid dares to say that he dug in the ground, she will beat him until she doesn't even recognize him.

"On the trees in my yard." He Lingchuan is not stupid,

"My yard hasn't started yet, and the dust can't go there, it's very clean." The three of them were relieved, and took a spoon and scooped some snow powder to eat, and sure enough, it could instantly weaken the hotness in their mouths.

Only then did He Chunhua ask: "Is there any movement in the Li family today?" ”

"Yes." He Lingchuan said that Li Shuang had come to bribe while shabu the meat.

"I've been to Tsuyu's Cattails." Mrs. Ying has the most say in this regard,

"The things sold are OK, the guy said that there are many talents before and after the customs, what year is closed, Shangyuan, Shangji, and winter clothes, and usually maintains a balance of flow." He Lingchuan was angry: "If you take this little money, you want to buy people, who do you look down on?" ”

"Li Shuang hopes that the government will take his father into custody a few days later." He Chunhua took a sip of glutinous rice wine,

"Gain a little more time, so that the Li family can report to the capital. When Li Shangshu puts pressure down, maybe Li Rong won't have to be locked up. ”

"He has a wishful thinking, but he takes others for fools." He Yue smiled,

"This kind of money can't be collected." Otherwise, the Li family reported to Shangshu and exposed that the new governor of Xiazhou had taken bribes.

He Lingchuan took a bite of snow powder, only to feel that his mouth was full of refreshment: "Li Rong is sitting in this class, do you want to get Li Zhi in?" It's easy to find his fault, and he can also take away the deposit of 150,000 taels of silver by the way. As soon as he arrived in Dunyu, even he, the second ancestor, felt the pain of lack of money.

"There's no hurry." He Chunhua old god,

Let him hang and hang, worrying day and night, so that the Li family can cooperate well. The front line wants money and food, and we want people, and this has to fall on the four families. They are the head of the snake, and if they don't come forward and don't give in, the other big and small families below won't really contribute. Mrs. Ying also asked, "How is the front line?" Didn't the Xunzhou army break through Baichegang and go south, will it attack Dunyu? ”

"Not so fast for the time being, Dunyu is closer to the southern boundary of Xiazhou than to the north. The Xunzhou cavalry crossed 100 carts to Dunyu, and they had to run fast horses for a day and a night, which was still under the premise of unhindered and uninterrupted. He Yue answered,

"This is also the reason why the four families are still holding their money bags tightly and refusing to cooperate." Mrs. Ying said angrily: "When death is dying, I still remember the little money in my hand!" ”

"If the army of the New Year's Praise can be pushed to Dunyu, they will retreat south in advance. The scourge of war will not befall them, and at most they will lose some property. He Yue sighed: "No matter what time it is, the most unlucky people are the poor. ”

"The Zhan family originally wanted to leave, but now that they see me in office, they can't hold back, wanting to see if I can withstand it." He Chunhua said slowly,

"These gentry are careful in their calculations, thinking that the war on the front line will pay for the country's treasury and provide food, and it is none of their business, and they refuse to contribute until the last moment. This is the case in Qiansong County, and the same is true in Xiazhou, and the legacy of the single-mindedness of the military and civilians of 'Baichegang' has long been gone. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to put so much effort into the Li family.

Mrs. Ying looked left and right, and saw that everyone was standing in the distance, so she said softly: "It's not appropriate to say this, but I'm quite glad that Old Lady Li left at this time." ”

"If Old Man Li is here, these four families will be as hard to gnaw as turtle shells." He Yue smiled,

"Now, you can break each one." Li Rong is about to go to the class room. Although it is only a place to detain suspects, it is even worse than the environment of a regular prison, not to mention dirty and filthy.

Even if the Li family has served as a servant, can the second master Li, who is used to brocade clothes and jade food, stand that kind of place?

Li Zhi was only released on bail pending trial, and two months later, the trial began, and he had to go to prison with his brother.

In order to strive for leniency, he will also cooperate well with Manager He. After all, he can't bet all the treasure on Li Shangshu, who knows what kind of temper Mr. He is, what if the oil and salt don't enter?

Let's talk about Li Shuang. After all, he is not senior enough, and after the two elders are imprisoned, if he wants to get involved in the power of the Li family, he may have to use the power of the official family.

Besides, before Li Zhi is tried, he will definitely arrange his successor, and this person must not be Li Rong's descendant.

The huge Li family will be very lively in the next two or three months. What He Chunhua is afraid of is that they will unite as one and work together with the outside world.

It's best to do it today. Li Zhao, that old man, before he passed away, was he still thinking about how to break his wrists with him?

Oh, naïve. How could he give Old Man Li the opportunity to fight with him?

"The enemy in the north is the enemy of the entire Xia Prefecture." He Chunhua groaned,

"At this point, it can be written." Xunzhou's army has entered the boundary of Xiazhou, which is not only a geographical event, but also a major breakthrough in the psychological defense line of the people of Xiazhou.

Including the four major families, everyone has a sense of crisis. Crisis crisis, danger is used well is opportunity.

He Yue's face also became serious: "What does my father think?" He Chunhua was categorical: "I just took office, and I must win the first battle!" "Whether he is rectifying internal affairs, military affairs, or cleaning up a few noble clans in Xiazhou, no matter how vigorous he is, he is only doing things on his own land.

It is commonly known as the nest horizontal. At most, it is to make the gentry and the family afraid of it. Only by winning the battle in the face of a strong foreign enemy can he, the new governor, really gain a firm foothold in Xiazhou and establish his prestige.

Follow-up plans can be carried out in an all-round way. This battle, this victory, is too important to be carefully planned.

"The quality of the army in Xiazhou is sparse, but the army of the New Year's Praise is the Northern Demon Army, which has been tempered for many years." He Chunhua shook his head,

"Head-to-head, the chances of winning are too small." The battle had to be fought little by little, and the meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, and he was not discouraged.

If Xia Zhoubing is so easy to lead, it won't be his turn to take on this fat shortage, right? He Yue couldn't help but say: "The recruitment order has also been issued, but the effect is not good." ”

"It's not surprising that no one wants to join the army and fight. Military service is not something you can not do if you want to go. He Chunhua's eyebrows were slightly raised,

"What I care about is that the number of people in the account is very different from the actual number of residents. This point is very prominent in Ru County, I went to the county to check at that time, and the number of households registered in Eucalyptus is only about 1,500, but I asked the local elders, there are at least 13,000 people in Ru County; Speaking of Guazhou, during the fire jumping festival last summer, the natural river square in Guaxiang, which can accommodate 3,000 people, was all full. You must know that the number of registered households in Gua Township is only 230. ”

"There are so many things that you have to do the same." After eating too much spicy food, his nose was red, He Chunhua wiped it with a towel,

"Take your time, and hopefully God will give me a little more time." He Lingchuan couldn't help but say, "Dad, what can I do?" "He spends his days idle, doing nothing.

"Good boy, you're sensible too." He Chunhua patted him on the shoulder and said with relief,

"Don't worry, there will be a chance soon."