Ma Xianglin told Han Zhongwen and Zheng Haizhu that when he returned to the Beijing division in the autumn moon, the military department was not only mobilizing the soldiers in the northern border towns, but also deliberately mobilizing the southern troops.

He looked at Zheng Haizhu: "Miss Azhu, the rough General Mao last time was the general of Liaodong, can he tell you about the situation on the Jianzhou Jurchen side?" ”

Zheng Haizhu nodded: "When General Mao sent me back, I didn't think he was a villain, and I talked to him on the way." He said that Nurhachi should not be underestimated, or it may become a big disaster in Liaodong. The Jurchens invaded the south once hundreds of years ago, and the Great Song Dynasty died because of this, and the imperial court is not taking it lightly now, which is a good thing. ”

Ma Xianglin said: "It is said that Xu Guangqi and Xu Hanlin, who are the masters of the Beijing Division, played to warn the imperial court to mobilize the southern troops as soon as possible. Shangguan, the head of the military department, informed me that Xu Hanlin especially mentioned that he wanted to transfer Zhejiang soldiers and our Sichuan soldiers. ”

Zheng Haizhu made eye contact with him, and instantly caught a different light flashing in his eyes, and it was with a little interesting invitation to merit, and he immediately reacted.

"What General Ma said about helping our Han Mansion earn 'internal exchange', but do you want to make cotton cloth dark armor?"

Ma Xianglin pursed his lips and said, "Exactly."

Fu turned to Han Zhongwen and said, "Master Han, Miss Azhu is really a good hand at trading. A few months ago, at the Gu family's Wenzhe Academy, she told me that if our Sichuan army wanted to go north to conquer captives one day, in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, it was necessary to prepare the soldiers with cotton cloth wrapped in iron sheets and filled with cotton wool in the dark armor, then the cotton of Songjiang Mansion would be used. After Nanzhili suppressed the bandits, the saint rewarded me with a thousand taels of silver, so I took it out and tried to make a dark armor first, and I also saved the need to peel off a layer of the old men of the military department when I begged for money from above, not to mention, but also to find another cotton merchant. ”

Nowadays, unless the commanders who lead the troops in various localities have solved the problem of military salaries and military supplies themselves, if they ask for money from the DPRK and the central government, the household department and the military department must remove a layer of money, which has become an open rule, and there is nothing that cannot be said.

Therefore, in a team like the Shi Yan Tusi Army, many commanders simply paid out of their own pockets to buy more clothes for the sergeants.

When Han Zhongwen heard this, he was not pretentious, and his joy was even stronger than when he heard that he was going to make a face towel and sell it to a businessman.

The sale of military uniforms, that's a bigger business.

But after rejoicing, his always cautious personality soon made him mutter: "But this war protection object is much tighter than ordinary clothes and pants and washcloths, and my family's workshop has never dabbled in ......"

Ma Xianglin said with a smile: "It's okay, go back to Runzhou first, and finish training the guards recruits that the imperial court asked me to train." At that time, the 1,000 pieces of handkerchiefs in your house should also be completed, and I will personally ponder the secret of the dark armor with Miss Zheng. The craftsmen's skillful hands have nothing to say, but they need to try the rough people who have really fought in battle like this, as if they were actually fighting, in order to ensure that the dark armor made is not an embroidered pillow and the life of my soldiers. ”

"So good, very good." Han Zhongwen repeatedly said yes.

Ma Xianglin finished talking about the two deals, and he got up and said goodbye.

Han Zhongwen stood at the door, watching Ma Xianglin and the tooth pawn go away, and when he turned his head and saw Zheng Haizhu's expression turned a little nervous, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Azhu, what are you afraid of? General Ma has made the field so strong for you, and our Han Mansion still dares to let you be wronged? ”

Han Zhongwen didn't say much more, and ordered Zheng Haizhu to follow him into the flower hall of the inner house, and let Lao Peng disperse a few servants and maids-in-law.

Without waiting for the mournful Yang family to react, Han Zhongwen had already said solemnly to several women: "Ah Zhu has taken over a big deal for our Han family, which is an errand of the imperial court, and General Ma has to come and keep an eye on it." The head of the family should be rewarded and punished clearly, and her monthly salary should rise to three taels of silver. Xi Meng, you take Ah Zhu and Shoukuan back to your yard first, you eat your own today, you don't have to come out to accompany dinner, I'm tired and don't have much appetite. ”

After Yang Shi understood, his eyes raised his head with fire, and he touched Han Zhongwen's stern gaze, after all, he was afraid that the second uncle would really have a seizure, he was a woman's family, alone in Songjiang, and he would suffer a big loss, in the end, he gritted his back teeth, stared at the backs of Han Ximeng and Zheng's aunt and nephew behind the moon cave door, and held back.

"I'm not separated." Yang said hatefully.

"Whatever you want." Han Zhongwen replied.

……

The eyebrow moon is in the sky, thin and curved, not very dazzling, and the stars are as bright as the lights of the heavenly street, which is very good-looking.

Ma Xianglin only brought two cronies and galloped in the cold of the night.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Ma Xianglin left two people to guard the mount and walked to the ancient temple in the forest alone.

"Who?"

"Stone Horse Xianglin."

Along the way, after four or five interrogations, Ma Xianglin finally came to Chai Fei.

The maid behind the fence saw the night, took the initiative to open the door, and said in a loud voice: "General, please come in, the seniors and the princess will talk in the house." ”

Ma Xianglin arched his hand to the maid, walked through the flower path in the courtyard, and walked into the meditation room.

"I've seen my predecessors, I've seen Grandpa Liu." After Ma Xianglin saluted the people in the house, he stood with his sleeves hanging in the shadow of the lamp.

The old man, who was respectfully called "senior", waved his hand with a smile, invited Ma Xianglin to sit down on the futon opposite the eucalyptus, and asked kindly, "Did Xianglin come from the Han Mansion?" That girl has your help, she didn't suffer the loss of the third daughter-in-law of the Han family, right? ”

Ma Xianglin leaned forward respectfully, but when he replied, he said with a sense of regret: "The second master of the Han family is a fair person. ”

Liu Shimin, who was sitting next to the old man, snorted and laughed: "No matter how fair it is, our family doesn't feel at ease when we see you, otherwise, why did I remember that the beauty was in danger when I heard who the murder was, and went to the door with a meeting gift." ”

Ma Xianglin was silent.

The old man was still full of kindness, and said to Liu Shimin: "If you are foolish, the old man is right, right?" That girl is clever and likable, and it is rare to be young and steady, which is indeed admirable. ”

Liu Shimin took the initiative to pour Ma Xianglin a cup of tea, pushed it in front of him, and responded to the old man: "If the predecessors are in the picture, then cultivate it slowly, and you can use it in the future." ”

"Well, okay. Xianglin, what do you think? The old man asked in a soliciting tone, "If you like this girl very much and are going to welcome her into the house in the future, Lao Liu and I will look for another character." ”

Ma Xianglin's face was calm, but the clouds rolled in his chest.

Since he was a child, whether it was his father or his mother, he had constantly taught him that if it weren't for the flesh-and-blood relationship between his closest relatives and trust, even if it was between allies on the battlefield, he would not show his hole cards.

The two in front of him are completely different from Zheng Guifei and King Fu's group, and they are the people he Ma Xianglin really decided to cooperate with.

But also two old foxes.

After taking a sip of tea, while admiring the tea, he said seriously: "Ma is a junior, and he hasn't said his relatives at this age, so it's natural for seniors and Liu Gonggong to laugh at Ma." After the joke is over, Ma has a few serious things to tell the two of them. The first one, I have already discussed according to us, before the concubine and Cui's husband become suspicious, I will first tell Zheng Guifei's people that I will take the opportunity of escorting the goods of the Weaving Bureau to get close to Gonggong Liu, and see who the celebrant Wang An is trying to help the prince. The second case, the bosses of the military department also know that many of the town soldiers in the nine sides are waste, and they are afraid that our Sichuan army can fight, but they are afraid that our natives will be unruly, so someone wants to go to my mother to talk to the matchmaker and marry me the daughter of Zhang Quan, the squire of the military department. ”

When Ma Xianglin said this, he paused, raised his eyes, and said to the four sharp eyes on the opposite side: "This is really a good opportunity to fall from the sky, how can Ma not be the son-in-law of the Zhang family, what do the seniors and Gonggong Liu think?" ”

After a moment of silence in the room, the corners of Liu Shimin's mouth curled: "Zhang Shilang's daughter is a good blessing." ”

The old man beside him also nodded, and said earnestly: "Xianglin, you are young and have a bright future, and it depends on you to think more about the use of soldiers." ”

pointed at Liu Shimin again: "If you are fooled, it will not be easy, the old body only has two words for you: get money." ”

Liu Shimin's face had a thoughtful expression. After a while, he said to the old man: "Speaking of getting money, that Miss Zheng has a good idea, I think, take her to the south for a long time, and then come back and think about it carefully." If we don't rob the silver dug up by the foreign monkeys from the wild continent, do we still keep the Zhu family for the Jingshi? ”