Seeing Uncle so serious for the first time, Lin Xiuhao was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out for a while, Lin Fangxu patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, and said with a smile: Okay, since you said that you thought about it too much, then tell me what you thought?
After glancing at Uncle Xiao a few times, and seeing that he really didn't seem to be angry anymore, Lin Xiuhao said cautiously: I just don't understand what Uncle Xu is worried about?
I don't think there's anything to worry about, even if it really gets to the worst point, His Royal Highness brought the people from the Beijing Division Battalion not to mention, I heard that His Majesty also issued an order to let the three major sailor battalions in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Fujian be at his disposal.Compared with the two sides, doesn't His Highness have an absolute advantage?
Oh, I didn't expect that my nephew, who had not yet entered school, could see it more thoroughly than those family officials who greeted him along the river!
Lin Fangxu thought about the fact that the prince had left him and Wang Zhan before, and after everyone had retreated, he said lightly: The methods of the Jiangnan family, the palace can be regarded as having seen it today, and the person who can tie up the master at the critical moment is really brave!
Heh, the world says that the most wrong thing the declining emperor did was to flee south, Dongsheng has always had unique opinions, do you think so?
When Lin Fangxu heard this, he said in a calm tone: The lower officials think it is, and it is not.The most wrong thing the Declining Emperor did was to leave behind the army that was still loyal to the royal family and go south alone.Wang Xiaowen raised his eyebrows, clapped his hands, and said in agreement: Oh, incisive, Dongsheng said it incisively!
Zhu Xianzong looked at the soldiers of the Jingshi Battalion who were guarding the door of the council hall, and thought of the order of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies that Commander Chen sent to guard closely, as well as the holy decree given by his father to the three major sailor battalions, and sneered on his face: First, he tied up the declining emperor for the rich and noble, and then bullied the court and was restrained by the slaves, so he had no time to care about it.I'm used to being powerful, but now I've bullied the head of the palace, and I really regard Jiangnan as my own bag.The prince's murderous expression was still swirling in his mind, and then looking at his nephew's immature face, Lin Fangxu suddenly felt that perhaps it was because he was still young and had not been infected by the officialdom that he could see it so thoroughly.Just like doing Baguwen, officialdom has its own fixed rules, but who can stipulate that others must act according to your rules?
At least in Lin Fangxu's opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't want to follow their way, and even his little nephew didn't like to go around and around.Lin Fangxu patted his nephew's head with satisfaction, and definitely agreed: Your Royal Highness naturally has an absolute advantage, but unfortunately not everyone can see through it, and even if you can see it through, you can't give up the benefits of your hands, so your uncle and I decided to wait until we arrive in Hangzhou, go home for the New Year, and then go to Ningbo.Chapter Seventy-Eight The young man didn't know what it was like to be sad, Lin Xiuhao won the affirmation of the uncle, and soon forgot about that little trouble, happily waited for the boat to get off the boat in Hangzhou, and then followed the uncle home.Hangzhou, as the political envoy of Zhejiang, is also the gathering place of Zhejiang's top family gentry, and the prince will naturally stay for some time when he goes south this time.Lin Fangxu took his nephew to stand at the bow of the ship with His Royal Highness the Prince, as the sun gradually rose, the tall and majestic city tower not far away had already raised its eyes, maybe it was some order, the soldiers of the Beijing Division Battalion were all solemn at this time, less casual than in the past, even Jiang Shiyun, a new recruit who had come to train, did not dare to relax at his post at this time.As Lin Fangxu and others expected, Hangzhou has a lot of formation than other places, but fortunately, on both sides of the canal that passes through Hangzhou City, there are many tea gardens and tea houses along the river, but there is no need to build theaters and flower sheds.There are rows of peach trees and willows planted on both sides of the Hangzhou Canal, the peach blossoms bloom every year, the catkins float in the season, the scenery along the river is very beautiful, but now it is the middle of winter, just when everyone thinks that they can only see the bare branches and regrets, but they see that almost every tree on the bank of the river is squatting on a dozen adults and children who watch the excitement, and it is also very shocking.Looking at the blue bricks and green tiles on the shore submerged in the sea of people, as well as the rows of overwhelmed trees, Zhu Xianzong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: The New Year is approaching, it seems that the people of Hangzhou City are very idle, and the people of nearly half of the city, aren't they waiting here before dawn?
Wang Xiaowen looked at the sun that was not more than two feet high, and couldn't help but joke: Ordinary people can stay up all night watching a lantern festival without sleeping, Tianhuang nobles travel, it is estimated that they will not see the second time in a lifetime, maybe many people stayed here yesterday, hehe Tianhuang noble glanced at him lightly, these people don't know the specific time when he arrived in Hangzhou, I am afraid that he will be waiting here two days earlier, thinking that he will be treated as a human-shaped lantern, who is happy.Zhu Xianzong, who didn't want to be watched, just wanted to get to the royal palace quickly, get down to business as soon as possible, and do whatever he had to do, but unfortunately he seemed to underestimate the courage of his opponent, these people were far more arrogant than he thought.The royal courtyard is located in the southern section of the canal, in order to go to the West Lake more conveniently to play, when Emperor Yang reigned, he specially sent his henchmen and eunuchs to supervise the expansion several times, and now the courtyard covers an extremely wide area, next to the canal on one side, and leans on the West Lake on the other side, the geographical location is excellent, not to mention, but also built very beautifully.After making such a painstaking effort to expand and repair the courtyard, Emperor Yang could not come to play for various reasons, including the credit of the ancestors of Lin Fangxu's family, it is said that Emperor Yang, who had been preparing for the next time in the south of the Yangtze River, was knocked back by Lin Yushi with a few sticks and drums, and he couldn't come once until he died, and finally the manor was taken over by the old Zhu family along with Jiangshan.A few hundred meters away from the courtyard is the Imperial Pier, where dragon boats disappear, but in such a short distance, it is full of branches.The officials waiting at the wharf are not as many as Yangzhou, but they are all not small, the ancestral home of the political envoys of Zhejiang is not in the south of the Yangtze River, two from the second grade of the leader, followed by the officials of the fourth grade or more of the political envoy, and the third grade is led by the inspection envoy according to the inspection of several people standing next to the department, and finally the prefect of the ten prefectures of Zhejiang, Tongzhi and others.Lin Fangxu looked at the dozens of people wearing scarlet clothes on the other side, and nodded secretly in his heart, the people who can do Erping are really not eyeless fools, and they can't do stupid things that let the county commanders come to greet them.Don't do stupid things, but it doesn't mean they won't hold hands to see the excitement, a hundred meters in front of the pier in the river parked a lot of pleasure boats, is the best proof, if you really welcome, how can there be no reason not to clear the river.There are two tall pleasure boats in the center of the river, and in the winter, I don't know which greenhouse has picked flowers to decorate the hull, and the mast is also full of banners and flags with the words "Greeting His Royal Highness the Prince".Seeing the prince dragon boat slowly approaching, the boat did not avoid the boat, and the boat was full of sons of families dressed in brocade clothes, one by one saluting the dragon boat respectfully, shouting the prince Chitose.Jiang Ying, the political envoy of the right cloth, looked at the colorful boats in the river, and said worriedly to Cai He, the political envoy of the left cloth: Brother Cai, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?
Don't really anger Your Highness, don't send someone to talk about it.Lord Cai leisurely looked at the dragon boat that was getting closer and closer, and said without shock: Heh, the Suzhou family wants to prepare this unique meeting gift for His Royal Highness, why should we stop it, it is just a young man's heart, and I think His Royal Highness will not be angry about this little thing.Jiang Ying didn't speak anymore after listening to him, Cai He's ancestral home is Fujian, and the clan is also doing maritime business, for His Royal Highness the Prince's reorganization of the city tax, his colleague has a very clear position, thinking about his clansmen who grow mulberry and silkworms in Chengdu Mansion, Jiang Ying feels that he still doesn't want to be nosy.Lin Fangxu saw the cruise ship in front of him that seemed to be welcoming but was actually blocking the way, and he was really amazed by the courage of these people, in fact, it was not difficult to guess their thoughts, and let the young people in the family greet them halfway through, expressing their admiration for His Highness, even if they are a little out of proportion, you can't really do anything to them.The two pleasure boats stopped in the center of the river, and the dragon boat was absolutely unpassable, and they didn't see them avoid, thinking that they were waiting for the dragon boat to stop, meet His Royal Highness the Prince, or be reprimanded, before they planned to move away, but no matter what the situation was, as long as His Royal Highness stopped the boat, the Jiangnan family would be considered to be given today.Lin Fangxu can think of it, Zhu Xianzong must also be able to think of it, according to the old Zhu family's tough and unyielding character, he is determined not to suffer this loss today, seeing that the warship in front is hundreds of meters away from the two pleasure boats, Zhu Xianzong said lightly to Commander Chen who was guarding the side: The warship is on the way.After Chen Yongbin received the order, he stood at the highest point of the bow and waved the order flag a few times, and the two warships in front and behind sounded the loud and powerful horn sound, which looked even more murderous in the cold winter wind.The sons of the family on the cruise ship, and even the officials on the dock listened to them one by one, their faces were pale and drenched in cold sweat, but everyone on the bow of the boat was surging at this time, and the grievances and uneasiness of the past few days were released, and it was difficult to describe the refreshing feeling of excitement in the heart at this time when writing poems!
At the same time as the horn sounded, the guns on both sides of the warship opened almost at the same time, the black barrels slowly stretched out, the bow of the ship, and the crossbow machines lined up on both sides of the deck in turn The arrows had entered the groove at this time, and the shooters behind the crossbow machines had already aimed at the direction and were ready to fire at any time.Commander Chen waved the command flag again, and the warship in front of him suddenly accelerated, and nearly a thousand soldiers held spears in their hands and shouted in unison, the prince has arrived, and the idlers have avoided it!
The sons of the family standing on the boat of the pleasure boat, seeing that the warship with black white sails was as fast as a river carp, rushing straight towards it like a thunderbolt, and they all panicked and hurriedly ordered the boatman to avoid it.However, the same panicked boatman's hands holding the oars are trembling at the moment, I have never heard that the sons and daughters of the Jingshi camp and the little brother are powerful, I didn't expect to be able to experience their courage today, the tall warship is like a broken bamboo, it seems that it is about to crash up, thousands of soldiers on the ship are neatly lined up, wearing cold iron armor, one by one faces are like frost, the spears in their hands are neatly knocked on the ground, and their mouths are still shouting: Retreat!
Withdraw!
Withdraw!
The two pleasure boats naturally could not retreat in time, only to see the warship like a fast knife, from the middle of the cruise ship, the cruise ship was first pushed to the bow of the river bank, and then by the tall hull of the warship squeezed a large tilt, the son of the family standing on the deck, the faster reaction knew to grasp the ship's side, mast and other things, the slower reaction either fell directly into the water, or fell to the next painting boat, the shorter painting boat has turned over several ships.After the warship opened a wide waterway, the dragon ship moved forward leisurely, perhaps frightened by the artillery and crossbow machine that brushed the tip of the nose, and whether it was the son of the family who came to his senses, or the singer and the luthier, they were all silent, kneeling on the deck respectfully, welcoming the prince to the south.The faces of everyone on the dock were not much better at this time, and after the warship and dragon boat docked, they hurriedly greeted them, waiting for the first time to let His Highness see their loyalty and sincerity.It's a pity that the prince didn't want to watch them perform, so he ordered Commander Chen to lead the soldiers of the Beijing Division Battalion to separate them from each other along with the two political envoys, and he got into the carriage waiting for the side of the royal palace, leaving the kneeling officials, and left straight away, followed by Shen Mao and other twenty people, Wang Xiaowen and Lin Fangxu's uncle and nephew stayed until the end.Lin Fangxu had already asked His Royal Highness to resign in advance, and as soon as he arrived in Hangzhou, he planned to leave directly, and he was eager to return home, and the most important thing was that he didn't want to cause more trouble, it didn't matter if he was in the limelight in the capital, anyway, the Lin family was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was so far away, no matter how big the fire was, the waterway would be extinguished after walking for so long.It's different when you go back to Hangzhou, if it's still as eye-catching as the capital, for these top families in Zhejiang, it's easy and easy to kill a small Xiaolin family who lives under their noses.Lin Fangxu felt that he would rather recruit the heavenly dragon than provoke the mentality of the earth snake, a little cowardly!
But the big husband can bend and stretch!
However, these extra accidents now, although they can't completely change his plans, have also affected his arrangements, at least the husband can't leave with him immediately, and he has to escort the prince to the other courtyard first.The soldiers of the Jingshi battalion escorted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince away, and the officials kneeling on the dock had different faces, but no one dared to take the lead in standing up.Wang Xiaowen walked off the dragon boat slowly at this time, and deliberately changed into the official uniform of the prince Zhan Shizheng, and after going down, he respectfully helped the left and right political envoys up personally, with two bitter smiles on his face, three points of helplessness, and five points of sadness to tell the two local bigwigs.Even if he couldn't hear it, Lin Fangxu could probably guess what he was talking about, it was nothing more than that His Highness didn't mean to embarrass you, but you really went too far, and you couldn't do it without a few slaps.The meaning is probably like this, but it must be appropriate and reassuring to say it from Wang Zhan's mouth, he and the prince are from the two, each singing red and white, envy and power, cooperating for many years, and the tacit understanding is very good.Lin Fangxu saw that the people at the dock were attracted by Lord Wang, so he took his nephew off the boat, and joined Lin Chong and Lin Fangyuan, who had already come down from the warship behind, and left in a low-key manner.Chapter Seventy-Nine Lin Xiuhao turned back step by step, reluctantly followed the uncle out of the dock, the carriage and horse shop was on the edge of the dock, while Lin Fangyuan went in to hire a car, Lin Xiuhao was still standing at the door of the store, looking at the majestic warship with longing, until Lin Fangxu beckoned him to get in the car.Seeing the excitement, the people began to disperse in twos and threes, but there were still many people who stayed in place, gathered together, and talked loudly about the warship, the horn, the rows of artillery, and the shock and cold sweat that the tiger and wolf division of the Beijing division camp brought to them.When the carriage was getting farther away and the mast of the warship could no longer be seen, Lin Xiuhao put down the curtain of the carriage and said with regret: Uncle, do you think it's too late for me to put pen to paper from Rong now?
This kid was probably stupid by the impact just now, Lin Fangxu held back the white eyes in his heart, and kept telling himself that the child was older, and he had to be reasonable, and he couldn't beat him directly, so he said gently: Do you want to join the military household?
It's not impossible, but I guess if you know about it, you don't have to be surnamed Lin anymore!
Lin Xiuhao reacted at this time, and said with a smile: No, I didn't want to join the army, but just now the little uncle was so majestic, I, I.Lin Xiuhao didn't know what he wanted to say, he only knew that when the battleship charged and opened the way, and the soldiers shouted in unison, he only felt that his blood was rising, and he wanted to rush forward with his gun.After listening to his uncle's words, he thought about it for a while, and felt that he didn't want to change his surname, nor did he want to be cleaned up by his old man, and his high blood suddenly retreated.Lin Fangxu sat opposite, looking at his baby fat face full of begging, he felt a little funny, but he still opened his mouth and comforted: Ermu, you have to know that people live in this life, in fact, there are not so many choices, what you can do and what you can't do is already destined when you are born.Lin Xiuhao shrugged his shoulders and said listlessly: Just like a peasant can't be a soldier, a lowly person can't study, and a person with a reputation can't do business?
Why are people born into three, six, nine, and so on?
This can't be done, that can't be done.This question is too complicated to explain, Lin Fangxu didn't want to answer him, just smiled and patted his head and said: Okay, don't think so much, you read the book first, if you still feel that you are majestic with a gun, you can also follow your Uncle Chong to learn some marksmanship in your spare time.Lin Xiuhao was not depressed anymore, his eyes lit up, and he said enthusiastically to Lin Fangxu: Then can I learn from Uncle Chong, Uncle Chong is much more powerful than Uncle Chong!
Your uncle is very busy, your uncle wants to talk to him, and he has to see the right time to chat, how can he have time to teach you!
Hey, by the way, does Uncle Mu still go to Wuyi County with us?
When are we going back?
Lin Xiuhao only remembered going home at this time.Looking at his nephew, who was instantly energetic, Lin Fangxu had to explain: Originally, your little uncle planned to get off the boat and go with us, isn't this an accident, and he will come to us when the matter is over, so we have to stay in Hangzhou for a few days before leaving.Lin Xiuhao nodded, and after a sigh, he didn't ask much, just wait, it's not bad for a few days.After settling down, Lin Fangxu left his nephew at the inn, let Lin Chong and Lin Fangyuan take a good look at him, and went to visit the Shang Mansion alone.Maybe it's because the identity is different, he used to be just a Xie Yuanlang who was stained with the light of the master, but now he is not only the champion of the six heads, but also about to become the in-law of the Shang government, this treatment is naturally different, he was a little polite before, and now he doesn't treat himself as an outsider at all, and the business theory of asking questions around him is the best proof.Brother Lin, you are so amazing, you don't know, as soon as the news that you won the top six was transmitted back to Jiangnan, my grandfather happily stroked his beard and laughed, clapped his hands again and again, and praised loudly!
Brother Lin, when you have time, can I ask you some questions about the imperial examination?
Shang Tan looked at Lin Fangxu's eyes full of light, his body straightened, and he exuded the meaning of I adore you from the inside out.