Zhu Long got dressed, Shi Shiran came out of the house, Zhiyue was in the courtyard, and there were more than a dozen stewards standing, some in charge of money, grain, livestock, fields, and various workshops.

Zhiyue blushed and took a sip, expressing her contempt for someone's daytime prostitution.

And those stewards seem to have nothing to do on the surface, and they can't help but think of their youthful energy, when it was one night N Jiro, N is greater than or equal to five! And now...... Hey, I have to eat some leeks to make up for it.

"Ahem!" Zhu Long coughed dryly, his eyes swept over the faces of the stewards, they were all old employees of Zhujiazhuang, not only old, but also old, all of them were in their fifties, if they were young and capable, Zhu Long would have transferred them to the logistics department of Zhujiazhuang.

However, the elderly also have the benefits of the elderly, they are familiar with the business, have a steady personality, are docile and obedient, and are easy to use.

Zhu Long said very seriously: "Everyone, Zhujiazhuang now has a hostess, you have a mastermother, and in the future, my wife will be in charge of the Zhu family, you all directly follow her orders, understand?" ”

"The old servant understands!" The stewards hurriedly answered.

"Go and ask Madame to come out and give a lecture!" Zhu Long said to Zhiyue.

Zhiyue walked into the room quickly with small broken steps, but she never came out, everyone stood in the courtyard It was very cold, Zhu Long didn't care, but these stewards were shivering.

After a quarter of an hour, when Zhu Long was about to go in to urge, Lin Chuman came out, and Zhiyue followed behind.

Lin Chuman's skin was still not thick enough, although he tried to pretend to be serious, but he still failed, two red glows floated on his cheeks, and he glanced at Zhulong with coquettishness, and he couldn't hide the spring color in the corners of his eyes.

Zhu Long's heart rippled for a while, but there was an indifferent smile on his face, and the wind was light. Lin Chuman was infected by him, his shy emotions disappeared, and his expression became dignified.

She used to be the hostess of Lijiazhuang, and now she is familiar with the scene, and she moved up the steps, facing the stewards, with a fair and selfless cold face, and a bit of majesty on her bewitching face, she lightly opened her lips and said: "I am not familiar with you, please introduce yourself." ”

The stewards stepped forward one by one to introduce themselves, and after they were finished, Lin Chuman nodded and said: "My husband and the monarch pay attention to rewards and punishments, and I should do the same for governing the family, I will give rewards for doing well, but if you don't do it, there will be punishments, I hope you will be conscientious and do your part well." From now on, you will come and report once a morning, and when you go back, send me all the account books, I want to take a look! It's okay now, you all go back! ”

Everyone felt that this new hostess was not a good stubble, and secretly complained in their hearts, and they were afraid that they would have a hard time in the future.

Some people are very dissatisfied, when Li Jiazhuang used to live in Zhujiazhuang, "Mrs. Li" at that time was kind, very polite to the contact steward, and even a little flattering, and did not give them less silver. Unexpectedly, she has now turned over and become the master, so she has changed her face.

They were both afraid of Lin Chuman and disdainful of Lin Chuman in their hearts - this woman was too scheming and too methodical, and she actually seduced Zhu Daguanren.

Watching the stewards leave dejectedly, Zhu Long stretched out his hand and put his hand on Lin Chuman's waist, hugged her into the hall, walked to the edge of the fire, the two sat on a wide chair, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect my Manniang to be a heroine among women, and I frightened those stewards!" ”

Lin Chuman brushed his somewhat disheveled hair behind his ears, and explained with a smile: "Shengmien, Dou Mi Qiu, you can't be too kind to these subordinates, and you can't be too kind, otherwise they will feel that the master is easy to bully and do things that bully the master." Usually strict with them, and occasionally showing the kindness of their master, they are grateful to Dade. If you start out with a loose attitude, they will get used to it, and if you are a little stricter, they will become resentful and forget that you were good before! ”

"That's a great point! I thought you were just a vase, but I didn't expect that in the show, Manniang Hui was really my virtuous helper! Zhu Long praised.

Lin Chuman said shyly: "I hate it, it's always a joke!" ”

At this time, Zhiyue walked to the door and shouted: "Master, the military division has sent someone to report, and the generals have arrived!" ”

"Okay, I'll go over here!" Zhu Long hugged his wife and said, "I'll go to a meeting, you wait for me at home!" ”

Lin Chuman said softly: "I'll wait for you to come back!" ”

Zhu Long walked to the door, turned around and smiled mysteriously, and said, "I'm going to give you a surprise, wait at home!" ”

"What is it?"

"I won't tell you!" Zhu Long laughed and strode away.

When I came to the meeting hall, I saw Zhu Hu, Wu Yong, Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Luan Tingyu, Qin Ming, Zeng Rong, Hu Yanzhuo, Wen Da, Xu Ning, Zhang Qing, Chen Shou, Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, and Lu Fang all arrived, got up and saluted each other, and looked at each other with their eyes.

"Let's all sit down!" Zhu Long stretched out his hand, walked in front of everyone, stepped on the nine stone steps, and sat down on the wide Taishi chair.

The following people who came to the meeting are the core backbone of the Zhu family army, Zhu Hu and Wu Yong needless to say, the others are the main and deputy generals of the Qinglong White Tiger Zhuque Xuanwu Fourth Army, the main generals of the Qianji Battalion and the garrison battalion, and the deputy generals of the Guards.

Zhu Long's eyes lowered, and after a while, he spoke: "I will go out with Master Lu Zhishen tomorrow, go to Shaohua Mountain to invite a few heroes, and the three generals Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, and Lu Fang will accompany me." ”

Wu Yong asked out loud, "When will the lord come back?" ”

"Twenty days at the least, two months at the most!"

Lin Chong persuaded: "My lord, now that the weather is cold, the snow is accumulating on the road, and the business travel is cut off, how can the lord go out?" Why don't you write a letter to the lord, and I'll go on your behalf! ”

"yes!" Zhu Hu said loudly: "It's about to be the New Year, big brother, if you go out at this time, your father will definitely be unhappy!" Why don't I go! ”

The others chimed in, offering to mention his suffering.

Zhu Long shook his head, rejected everyone's suggestions, and said, "I have made up my mind, don't persuade me anymore!" I have something to tell you, please listen carefully.

Zhu Hu temporarily took the position of the head of the Zhu family's army, Wu Yong assisted, and the rest of the people waited for the dispatch! ”

"Hehe, I'm such a big official, but why do I sound like a eunuch?" Zhu Hu laughed and laughed.

Zhu Long felt powerless, this second brother is really not a talent who is in charge alone! But only he is suitable, brother, the identity is there, even if he is a little stupid, no one is unconvinced, which dynasty is not like this!

Of course, Zhu Hu also has advantages, he is heroic, his popularity is very good, communication and coordination are not a problem, and he is brave and good at fighting, and he has a high prestige in the army, and he can control the scene.

Although Wu Yong's resourcefulness is enough, the other generals will definitely not be convinced, and he will be in charge, for fear that there will be discord between the civil and military forces and cause trouble.

After the meeting ended, Zhu Long left Zhu Hu, Wu Yong, Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Luan Tingyu, Qin Ming, and Chen Shou, all of whom were the people he trusted the most, and they were also the most powerful in the Zhu family's army.

He told Zhu Hu: "Second brother, you have a reckless personality, you can't come by temperament, you have to ask a few of them for advice in case of trouble!" ”

"If the imperial court sends an army to attack, and I can't come back in time, how to deal with the enemy, the seven of you will discuss and decide. What I want to say is that now the weather is very cold, and the heavy snow is blocking the road, which is not conducive to the long-term attack of the officers and troops. ”

"Especially Chen Shou, you are the captain of the garrison battalion, and it is your duty to protect Zhujiazhuang, you must not be negligent!"

"Master Luan, you are stationed in Nandazhai, you must send more scouts to reconnoiter around, don't be careless!"

"Captain Guan, Lin Jiaotou, Lao Qin, the three of you, I won't say much, be vigilant!"

After Zhu Long finished speaking in one breath, several people got up and responded in unison: "Don't worry, lord!" ”

"Okay, you all go get busy!" Zhu Long smiled and watched them leave.

Wu Yong didn't leave, and Zhu Long was not surprised, he walked out side by side with him, chatting as he walked.

"What is the advisor worried about?" Zhu Long asked with a smile.

Wu Yong sighed and said, "My subordinates are worried about two words: Zeng and Wen. ”

Zhu Long understood that he didn't trust the Zeng family and Wenda, in fact, he didn't believe it himself, but he couldn't show it—he couldn't show his distrust of his subordinates in front of anyone.

He asked, "What is the military advisor going to do?" ”

Wu Yong smiled, "The Beida Camp is remote and not the enemy's main target, in order to strengthen the defense of Zhujiazhuang, I will transfer Wen Da, the deputy general of the Xuanwu Army, into Zhujiazhuang." ”

Zhu Long was noncommittal, "What about 'Zeng'?" ”

Wu Yong replied: "The Qianji battalion is all cavalry, and they are transferred to the Nanda battalion to assist them in reconnoitring the enemy. ”

Zhu Long was silent for a long time, and said, "After I leave, what do you think you should do, just do it!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked away, and came to the residence of his old father, Zhu Taigong.

"Father, I'm coming!" Zhu Long pushed open the door, and Zhu Taigong sat on a chair by the fire, holding a book in his hand.

Seeing that his son was coming, he closed the book and put it on the convenient coffee table, and Zhu Long glanced at the cover - "Book of the Later Tang Dynasty".

Zhu Long pulled a chair, sat down opposite his father, and stretched out his two hands to roast the fire above the stove.

Zhu Taigong's body was emaciated, as if there was not much life left in his body, and his eyes were gloomy, with a bit of decay.

"Father, I'm going out tomorrow."

"Going out again? When will you be back? Zhu Taigong was a little surprised, and there was some reluctance in his tone.

"Within two months!" Zhu Long wasn't sure.

"Where to go?"

"Shaohua Mountain."

"What for?"

"Get some help."

"Amazing?"

"It's not very powerful, I want to go out for a walk, there will be a war in the spring next year, so I don't have time to go out for a walk!"

"It's okay, when I was younger, I used to play around."

"I will let Zhu Hu come to accompany you every day!"

"No, he's a wild horse, and he can't sit with me for a quarter of an hour." Zhu Taigong's complaining tone was full of love.

Zhu Long said cautiously: "I'll let Manniang come and talk to you." ”

Zhu Taigong's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "No need! ”

"Father—"

"You shouldn't take her as a wife, you're just obsessed with her body, and after the freshness passes, you get tired of it."

Zhu Long did not argue.

Zhu Taigong continued: "She used to be the wife of Li Ying's bad old man, and now she is married to you, which really makes my Zhu family unable to raise their heads!" It doesn't matter if you're just taking a concubine, but you're actually marrying her......"

The more Zhu Taigong spoke, the more angry he became, coughing violently, Zhu Long hurriedly patted him on the back, and the two little maids also ran in, helping the old man to go to bed to rest, Zhu Long walked to his small home sullenly.

He began to reflect that maybe he had really done something wrong.

This is a feudal society, and it is very important to see the woman's chastity or something, although he doesn't care about this, but the people around him obviously don't accept it.

He is the master of Zhujiazhuang's army and represents the face of Zhujiazhuang.

Back at home, Lin Chuman and a maid held hands and talked happily, Zhiyue was on the side, and she couldn't join in, obviously a little embarrassed.

Zhu Long knew that this was Zhiyun'er, who had just come back from Lijiazhuang, and she was also a girl with a sign of appearance.

When Lin Chuman saw him, he greeted him happily and said, "Husband, you're back!" Thank you for bringing Zhiyun'er back, you don't know how pitiful she is in Lijiazhuang, the Li family has made her do rough work, and they plan to sell her to an old bachelor as a wife......"

Zhu Long smiled reluctantly, and Lin Chuman realized that his face was not good-looking, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired and want to take a break!" Zhu Long walked to the chair next to the fire, sat down and leaned back in the chair, closing his eyes and resting.

Early the next morning, Zhu Long, Lu Zhishen, Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, and Lu Fang all rode horses, bid farewell to the people of Zhujiazhuang, and went east, to the edge of Liangshanbo, where they took a big boat of the sailors, went south, entered the Guangji River, and came to Jeju City.

The plaque at the door of the restaurant reads three big characters of dragons flying and phoenix dancing: Yunshenlou.

Only in this mountain, the clouds are deep and do not know where!

This is the restaurant opened by the spies of the Dark Guard Battalion, Zhu Long contacted them before he left last time, and Wu Song lived here.

When a few eager workers saw a guest coming to the door, they hurriedly greeted them, took the reins, and led the horse to the stable behind.

"Feed them with good concentrates, they will be fed, and the money will be given to you as soon as they finish eating, and if they treat my horses badly, don't blame me for beating you!" Bian Xiang admonished.

Zhu Long didn't speak, threw a few pieces of broken silver to them, and thanked them a thousand times and entered the lobby. There weren't many people eating and drinking, and the shopkeeper behind the counter was fiddling with the abacus, and Zhu Long walked up to him and tapped the counter with his fingers.

The shopkeeper looked up and was taken aback - the big leader is coming!

He was just about to curtsy, but was stopped by Zhu Long with his eyes, and only asked, "Where is Brother Wu?" ”

"In the back! Please come with me! ”

The shopkeeper led five people from the small door to the back, through a small courtyard, to a house, knocked on the door, and a voice inside said vigilantly: "Who is it?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Wudu head, it's me!" ”

The door opened a crack, Wu Song saw the people outside through the crack in the door, and hurriedly opened the door, and said in surprise: "Lord, brother, brothers, why are you here?" ”