Poor family mother and son

Chapter 86

It was early August when Chu Qing came home.Corn and soybeans are due to be harvested in a few days.She started to worry again.One thousand acres of land, no one harvested it!

Lao Zhao and the others have already taken people to the field, and they will do as much as they can. They are always very pragmatic.Xiao Bao said to Chu Qing: "It's all right, the harvest will be finished sooner or later." Before he finished speaking, Chu Yuan came in and said that someone was looking for him.

Chu Qing asked who it was, and Chu Yuan said you should go and have a look.Chu Qing went to take a look out of nowhere and was startled.Dozens of people came outside, looking busy and dusty, but they were all quite strong.

"Lord Chu!" These strong men greeted.

Are you calling your lord?Who are these people?
"Master Chu, we are discharged from the army! We have come to join you!" said a young man.

"We belong to the Hong family army, and our military service has expired." Finally, there was an explanation.

Chu Qing asked, "General Hong asked you to come?"

"No, we came by ourselves! Master Chu, I have been to Donglun Fishing Village with you, and there are several brothers of mine over there!" said the leading young man, "After I escort you, I will discuss it with my brothers when I go back. Come here when you retire."

"It's a big fate this time, we didn't let the Voss kill you, so we came to you." A dark and simple-looking young man said, his eyes kept looking at Chu Yuan.

Chu Qing remembered that Xiaobao asked himself, if those soldiers came to our house, would we give them clothes.Look, Xiaobao is a koi!

This side asked Chu Yuan to register and make a book for them, and Lao Yu brought a few more letters over there.It was written by the sales team boys from Donglun.Several letters were all about the same thing—they came to the retired soldiers and asked if they could accept them.

Chu Qing replied in a unified way: Our family has enough brains. You can look for them. If you don’t have enough people, you can look for them. If there are too many people, you can send them home to find me.

Chu Qing had nothing to worry about them.

Those who have already accepted the crops here are not idle, and they are led by Lao Yu to harvest the crops.

Now someone can help out with the work.Chu Qing feels relieved.

Bai Hua didn't leave all this time, firstly because she really needed to recuperate, secondly because she couldn't bear Brother Zhuizi, and thirdly because she should be disciplined by her father after returning to the capital.

Brother Zhuizi is also recovering well.Although still weak, I was able to go to the toilet by myself.He was injured, no matter how painful he was, he could bear it. What he couldn't bear was that he couldn't take care of himself.The doctor won't let me move.

These days are very peaceful.Hong Liang's army was stationed at the junction of North East Lun and Voss for another month, and King Voss had to retreat.

Since the last time King Vos personally led his troops to avenge his son, Daxuan's army came directly to reinforce him.He didn't dare to move rashly, and retreated twenty miles back to camp.

I originally thought of bringing more troops over to fight a good battle, but all the tribes couldn't raise food and grass.Unlike Daxuan's war in the country of Voss, King Voss has only [-] troops directly under him, and every war needs to gather manpower and food from various tribes.That is, the tribes provide soldiers, and these soldiers bring their own weapons and food.

Then wait until the end of the war to use the spoils you got, and then go back and grow your tribe.This is why the tribes are particularly supportive of war.But in Daxuan's view, this kind of army is no different from bandit warfare.

The problem that King Vos encountered at that time was that each tribe could produce people, but not food.So King Voss led more than 6 troops at that time to wait in place, hoping that they would come when they were ready.But the food for his [-] troops can only last for more than ten days.

So half a month later, the leaders of the various tribes began to persuade: temporarily withdraw the troops, the gentleman will take revenge, ten years is not too late.We really have no food now.After persisting for less than half a month, King Voss had no choice but to go back aggrieved.

Hong Liang made great achievements in this national war, and the emperor ordered him to return to Beijing to report on his duties.At the same time, some wounded soldiers and soldiers whose service had expired were approved to be discharged.

Hong Liang left [-] troops to garrison Dong Lun, and returned to Beijing by himself.As soon as he entered the palace, Hong Liang handed in the military amulet first, and then reported on his duties.Afterwards, Hong Liang asked for an order to dismiss him and retire.

There is no fool who can be a general, it all depends on what you want.At this age, Hong Liang wanted to return to Beijing to serve his mother and reunite with his wife and children.As for military power or something, it doesn't matter.

The reason why military power is valued is that it can be used to exchange for a higher status and pave the way for children, but Hong Liang has no room for promotion now, and his children are all stereotyped.Really unnecessary.Doesn't the eldest nephew still have the title of general?

Pragmatism is more important than anything else.It is safest not to let the emperor have extra thoughts.This is also the main reason why Hong Liang handed over the military talisman as soon as he returned to Beijing.

I remember Madam once told him that when Chu Qing came back as a guest, she said such a sentence - Zhang Jiajun and Li Jiajun's, not good, these are the emperor's army.At that time, Hong Liang was in a cold sweat with fright.

A woman who knows the truth, is she still proud of training a Hong family army with full combat effectiveness?
The emperor announced that he would give Hong Liang a good reception at night and hold a celebration banquet.

During the banquet, the emperor highly praised Hong Liang's military talents, and felt that Hong Liang had gone to the battlefield for the country at a young age, and regretted that he did not see the heroic appearance of the general who killed the nine princes of Voss with his own eyes.All the ministers praised Hong Liang in different ways.

After drinking for three rounds, the emperor called Hong Liang to his lower seat and spoke at a close distance.This is a great honor.Usually this position is reserved for princes.

"Ai Qing," said the emperor, "thanks to you all these years!"

Hong Liang said "the veteran is terrified", and immediately got up to kneel down to the emperor.The emperor grabbed Hong Liang's arm, pulled him to his side, and let him sit down.

How dare you!When Hong Liang resigned modestly, the emperor pulled his face down.Helpless, Hong Liang had no choice but to move the stool and kneel and sit under the emperor's head.The emperor can see outsiders, but the courtiers have to treat themselves as outsiders.

Perhaps it was because of drinking, Emperor Qingde sighed a little: "If... I, the crown prince, might have been... Aiqing, thank you!" He drank the wine in the wine cup in one gulp.

Hong Liang was almost a generation older than the emperor, so it can be said that he watched the emperor step by step to where he is today.My heart is also very emotional.

"Without you, I would not be able to sit on the throne; without you, I would not be able to expand my territory in just five years! Aiqing, you must continue to help me!" the emperor said affectionately.

"Your Majesty!" Hong Liang also trembled, knelt straight and then knelt his head deeply on the ground: "This old minister is just doing his duty as a courtier! It is because of the emperor's favor that this old minister is here today!"

Hong Liang buried his head deeply, his shoulders trembled slightly, as if he couldn't suppress his gratitude to the emperor.But I was thinking in my heart: Your Majesty, I really want to retire, so don't try it.It was so affectionate, I almost believed it.

In fact, the emperor's words were not all temptations, at least half of them were sincere.Hong Liang is indeed a rare talent in the military.

He runs the army strictly, and his judgment and control of the battle situation are very precise. The most important thing is that he has never expressed dissatisfaction with the monitoring methods adopted by the emperor.

Every time he went on an expedition, he either took the old mother or his wife and children to stay in the capital on his own initiative, so that the emperor could rest assured.It is also a beautiful name, please take care of the emperor.This time on the border for several years, he only brought his wife by his side.

Such people need to rest assured.But the military cannot remain in the same hands for long.So even though the emperor looked very sincere, it was also mixed with temptation.

Hong Liang knelt down and kowtowed, but he murmured in his heart: I handed over the soldier talisman, and I went back to the capital alone, even bringing only one bodyguard with me. I'm afraid you don't believe me, so why are you trying?You didn't have so many things when you were a child!
The emperor came to help Hong Liang up with his own hands: "Aiqing, what are you doing! Sit down quickly, let's have a good talk, long time no see, I miss you very much!"

(End of this chapter)