The New Year is coming, and after the New Year, it is the second year of Jianwen, although the main troops stationed near Texas are the army, but the New Year's flavor of Texas is still quite strong.
Chinese New Year's Eve, today Hun Tang closed relatively early, the employees successively paid their respects to the treasurer, received salaries and red envelopes and left, Su Xinchen walked out of the Nu Hun Hall with a large wooden basin, which was full of Xia Xun's change of clothes.
Since the last time Xia Xun allowed her to work for more than an hour every day, but paid her wages all day, the little girl was grateful to him, and she couldn't repay her, so she helped the shopkeeper clean up the room and wash the clothes, which became her job, except that she didn't serve the pillow, it was almost the same as his inner master.
People up and down the hall often make fun of the little girl about this, and the little girl blushed and didn't refute it, she seemed to be quite happy, and she didn't look at her brother-in-law Lao Jia's old face that was darker than the prince of the stove.
Xia Xun actually understands her mind a little, but he is not the bastard shopkeeper that the little girl is interested in, he is the secret agent of King Yan, they are not people of the same world, their lives are two parallel lines, Xia Xun has to pretend to be confused.
"Shopkeeper, your clothes are all washed."
"Thank you, Xiao Xin, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, go back early."
Well, here's your salary, and a big red envelope. ” "Thank you, shopkeeper."
Su Xinchen took the red envelope, but did not retract his hand, and glanced at Xia Xun with a pair of bright eyes with some spicy taste: "Shopkeeper, what should you do for the New Year alone, aren't you too lonely?"
"Nothing."
Xia Xun smiled dryly: "Well, the door will be closed for a while, I will also go out for a walk, this is the barracks, the more the New Year, the more opportunities to make money, the shops will not be closed, restaurants, teahouses, Goolan Washe, there are lively to see, a few days of New Year's Kung Fu, casually consumed the past." ” "Oh" The little girl was slightly disappointed, she didn't seem to hear what she wanted to hear, she wanted to say something more, and she had been waiting impatiently for the old Jia vicious dog at the door to rush over like a pounce, grabbed her wrist, and barely squeezed out a smile to Xia Xun: "Happy New Year for the shopkeeper, let's go back." ” "Okay, good, good New Year, buy more New Year's goods, and have a good New Year."
Xia Xun smiled and nodded, deliberately ignoring the resentment in Su Xinchen's eyes.
Lao Jia pulled her sister-in-law out of the door and counted her down angrily: "You girl's family, what are you sticking to a big man, you are in your thirties, and you are single, what are you doing so close, and you are not afraid of others gossiping about you." ” Su Xinchen glared at him and said unconvinced: "What's wrong with thirty, didn't I see him alone for the New Year?"
Lao Jia scoffed: "Leng Qing, he's a single man, he can still be cold enough to drill into a green building, and the gentle township will be deserted."
"The shopkeeper is not that kind of person, there are some handsome female guests in the Nuhun Hall who come out and go in, and the shopkeeper never peeks at it, I have been paying attention to it for a long time."
"Hey, a man in his thirties, and there is no woman around him, he is such a gentleman unless he is sick" "You're the Sick" Lao Jia was proud: "I'm sick, I've given birth to three big girls, what's wrong with me?"
The two of them quarreled and walked all the way home, Xia Xun locked the door and stepped out of Baiquan Hall.
There are several of his subordinates in Baiquan Huntang, but in order to avoid suspicion, they are all looking for another place to live in the city, today's festival, Xia Xun authorized them to use some wine and food, but they are only allowed to buy back to their residence to have a good drink, not allowed to fool around outside, and he is now alone in Huntang.
Walking on the street, there were many fewer pedestrians than usual, and all I saw were hurrying back to the New Year, and even the soldiers who wandered around the streets were much less, and when the wind blew, a lot of snow foam was blown down from under the eaves, and sprinkled into the neck stalk to be cool.
Xia Xun tightened his collar and hurriedly walked into the distance Xu Huizu had already arrived, a month earlier than Xia Xun's estimated time, which made Xia Xun very impressed by Xu Huizu's ability to command troops.
After Xu Huizu arrived, it was obvious that he had some exchanges with Li Jinglong, because not long ago Li Jinglong suddenly ordered that in the periphery of Dezhou, from south to north, in Baojiazhuang, Xiajiacun, Wangjiazhuang, Hejiazhuang, Xiaojiazhuang and other places, they were ready to build 12 acropolis on the periphery of Dezhou to defend Dezhou.
This is a very important piece of information, from which it can be inferred that the overall strategy of the Ming army has undergone major changes, it is obvious that after the heavy setback in Beiping, it was probably preached by Xu Huizu, Li Jinglong, who had learned from the pain, did not dare to be so arrogant anymore, he did not dare to rely on the absolute superiority of troops, and wanted to end the war in a campaign or within a month or a quarter, and build twelve acropolises in Dezhou, which was ready for a long-term war.
Xia Xun already knew the news, and quickly sent it to Beiping, today he wanted to go and see in person, to understand the progress of the construction of the Acropolis, if King Yan can launch an attack on Dezhou before the twelve Acropolis are all completed, the resistance will obviously not be so great.
Xia Xun went to Baojiazhuang, where the fortifications have taken shape, and once all the military buildings are completed, Baojiazhuang will have to be renamed Baojiazhuang.
The construction of the twelve acropolises mobilized a large number of garrisons, but in order to complete it as soon as possible, a large number of servants were requisitioned, and some families even came to the construction site.
Because it is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, there is no construction today, and around the half-finished construction site, there are many tents or simple adobe houses, which are the residences of migrant workers.
Xia Xun wandered around the construction site for a while, found that the city wall was made of earth, took soil on the spot, dug a deep trench in front, and the excavated soil was piled up on the embankment to build an earthen wall, so that the defensive trenches and city wall bunkers were available, although such a city wall could not be exposed to wind and rain, but at least in a few years it could play a military role.
Xia Xun carefully observed, understood every detail, and estimated in his heart the equipment and the difficulty of attacking and defending these acropolis, and when he understood almost, Xia Xun wanted to turn around and leave, at this time, a man standing not far away, seemed to have been looking at him from the side for a long time, saw him turn around, looked at it head-on, couldn't help but be surprised and happy to greet him, and shouted: "This is Yang Gongzi" Xia Xun chuckled in his heart, he never expected that someone would recognize him here, Xia Xun looked at it in horror, and saw that man, who was vaguely familiar, but he couldn't name it for a while.
The man was a little stunned when he saw him, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Engong, don't you remember when you were down, your surname is Tang, Tang Yaoju, when you were in Putai County."
"Ah I remember, it turned out to be you" Xia Xun then remembered the identity of the man in front of him, his wife was deceived by the silver stick Qiu Qiuyu in the night under the pretense of giving birth, at that time he and Peng Ziqi were going to Yanggu County, the road was uneven, and he saved his wife back.
Xia Xun relieved himself a little, first, he was Tang Yaoju's benefactor, he knew that a man like Tang Yaoju was righteous and gracious, and the national court was just in awe in the eyes of a little fart like him, even if he knew his current identity, he would not betray his benefactor; Moreover, the transmission of information in this era is limited after all, especially the ordinary people in small counties, it is impossible for them to know what happened to him in Nanjing City, judging from Tang Yaoju's expression, it is obvious that he does not know.
Xia Xun changed his relaxed smile at this time, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Brother Tang, remember, remember, why is Brother Tang here?"
Tang Yaoju smiled and said: "I was about to ask Engong, how can I meet Engong here, hurry up, the wind and snow are cold, and go to the room to rest." ” "Brother Tang is polite again, don't call Engong again, make me very uncomfortable, just call me brother."
Xia Xun said, seeing that the place where he gave up was an adobe house in the construction site house, and the adobe house was in relatively good condition among these houses.
Xia Xun walked with him to the adobe house, and casually asked the reason, only to know that Tang Yaoju had stopped walking around since the last accident, but settled down near Potai to become a craftsman, in fact, because he had merged all his disciples under the altar to Lin Yuqimen, and there was no need to personally connect around.
And his old mother was also frightened because of the kidnapping of her daughter-in-law, and soon became ill, because she was old and the medicine stone was difficult to save, and she had passed away for a long time.
This time, the imperial court recruited a husband, Tang Yaoju was not worried that his wife was alone in Potai, so the whole family arrived here, and he still needed to serve here for about a month before he could return to Potai.
Xia Xun casually made up an excuse, anyway, at that time, Tang Yaoju knew that although he had the identity of a showman, his family was mainly in business, so he casually said that he was passing by on business, so he prevaricated.
Pushing the door into the house, I saw that the room was messy, simple and abnormal, but because the room was small, and the fire was cooking and cooking, the cauldron was steaming, so the whole room was warm and not cold at all.
When the lady of the Tang family heard that the benefactor was coming, she hurriedly stepped forward, first met the father-in-law, and then happily invited him in, because the lady of the Tang family was responsible for the regular food supply of dozens of serving migrant workers, so the room was messy, and there was no place to put her feet, so Xia Xun sat at the head of the bed.
The room was actually a little dim, and the bed and ground were messy, Xia Xun didn't see it clearly in a hurry, until he sat on the kang, only to find that the small burden on the kang was actually a swaddling baby, because it was tightly wrapped, he didn't see it clearly, Xia Xun was startled, quickly moved his ass away, and exclaimed: "This is" Tang Yao smiled and said, "Oh, this is my daughter, she has just been born for only three months, and it will be a hundred days in a few days." ” Xia Xun smiled: "It turns out that Brother Tang and Sister-in-law Tang have children, haha, congratulations, congratulations." ” He smiled, the sleeping little guy on the kang was woken up, and he grinned and cried loudly in protest, and the Tang family lady hurriedly picked up the child and coaxed it, and carried it to the outhouse to feed.
Because the little guy was tightly wrapped just now, and he was wearing a tiger head hat on his head, only showing a small face, Xia Xun didn't even see the boys and girls, so he talked to Tang Yaoju: "Brother Tang, is this a son or a daughter, look at his crying voice so strongly, it should be a little son."
Tang Yao smiled and waved his hand: "Where, where, my brother is looking away, she was born a girl, but she is indeed stronger and more energetic than those little boys, I just figured out the name for her yesterday, called Sai'er, Tang Sai'er, haha, my Tang family's daughter, must be more talented than other people's sons." ” "Don Sayer" The smile on Xia Xun's face froze, and his body suddenly slipped out of the kang, Tang Yaoju hurriedly supported him, and said strangely: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Xia Xun said: "Oh, it's nothing, this kang head is a little slippery."
Don Sayer, Don Sayer" Tang Yaoju laughed again: "How is this name, of course, my brother's name is not as good as your brother, my brother is full of poetry and books, brother, I only know a few words, it's rare to meet you here, otherwise help your little niece choose a good name If it weren't for the brother who saved her mother with a righteous hand, how could she be born today, you come to name her, it is natural." ” Xia Xun waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, Tang Sai'er is very good, this name is very good."
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Uh, sister-in-law, let me see what my little niece is going to be."
The lady of the Tang family just finished feeding her daughter, hugged to the kang to untie the swaddling clothes and was about to change the diaper, how can a mother not be rare to kiss her own flesh and blood, hearing that Xia Xun likes her child, she is also very happy, and hurriedly picked up her daughter and sent it to his hands.
The little guy was white and chubby, with a round face, and a pair of eyes that were particularly clear, and suddenly came to the hands of strangers, and the little guy was not afraid of crying, but just looked at Xia Xun fixedly, looking very serious.
Tang Yaoju smiled and said: "Hey, this girl is very close to Brother Yang, who wants to tease her among the brothers on the construction site, but she doesn't stop crying, but brother, you hold her, she doesn't do anything or make trouble, this little guy seems to know that you are her great benefactor, lady, you see how sensible our daughter is." ” "Tut-tut" Xia Xun looked at the little baby in his arms, and he was also amazed, but he had already hugged the newborn Yu Qian and Yu Shaobao in Hangzhou last time, and this time he hugged Tang Sai'er, but he was not surprised to drop the child.
Because the light in the room was weak, he held the little one under her armpit and held her up in front of him, and his amazement was overwhelming.
It's been so long since he arrived in this era, and he usually thinks of himself as a person of this era, and only when he suddenly sees a big man who only he knows, and the future must be a very famous person, will he realize that he doesn't belong to this era in the first place.
Every festive season, he thinks about his relatives, and now it is the right season, but he is in a place that is far more difficult to buy than the Spring Festival train ticket, and he will never be able to return home, but he is holding the future White Lotus Saintess Tang Sai'er in his arms, this situation is strange enough.
Tang Sai'er was lifted up by him to look at it, and began to be a little unhappy, she frowned slightly, her pink little mouth that had just been milked and was still a little wet tried to purse it, a pair of black eyes like paint stared at Xia Xun, and her fat calves kicked a few times like a frog, and suddenly a crystal column of water burst out from the gap in her open crotch pants.
Xia Xun was looking up with his face up, his mouth open, and in admiration, he suddenly found that he was in danger, how could he avoid it, and the holy water hit his face To be continued: