The Red Mansions

Chapter 148 Lin Daiyu leaves Beijing

Time flies, and it is early March in a blink of an eye.

Farming pays attention to the seasons and integrity, sowing in spring, growing in summer, harvesting in autumn, and storing in winter.

Constructing water conservancy and persuading farmers and mulberry is a major task of the county magistrate.

Agriculture is called "the main industry", while persuading farming and mulberry is regarded as "the first of all policies".

During the spring plowing season, the county magistrate himself has to be sympathetic to the people's feelings and go to the countryside to learn about the sowing and harvesting conditions in person.

When the harvest is bumper, the people should be advised to save more and be diligent and thrifty.

Persuading farming and mulberry is particularly important because it is related to the country's financial and governance foundation.

While spring is still cold in the north, spring plowing has already begun in the south.

Jia Yun also attached great importance to this matter, and took the officials of the county government to inspect the countryside every day.

On the tenth day of March, all the police officers who returned to Yiwu returned, bringing back [-] newly recruited miners and farmers.

So Jia Yun came back from the countryside immediately and handed over the spring plowing to Jing Lushi, the chief bookkeeper.

After the test of the war, Yiwu soldiers are brave and brave, and their characteristics of fearlessness in battle are vividly displayed.

They are united, brave, and not afraid of death. They are more or less related to each other, and they can explode with powerful combat effectiveness in battle.

They are not only brave in cutting people, but also have a great spirit of sacrifice and a fine tradition of fighting.

For example, before they joined the army, when they fought with outsiders, it was inevitable that they would be killed or injured. Often the father was injured and the son replaced it, and the elder brother made up for the younger brother.

Even those who were seriously injured and carried home, the last words they said before they died were: "After I die, you continue to beat me!".

Brave and good at fighting, not afraid of death, isn't this a good soldier?
Jia Yun asked her personal guards to recruit soldiers, and all the recruits were burly and energetic soldiers.

Although these people tend to be individualistic, they don't know how to use formations and weapons, and they don't abide by military discipline. They only know how to move forward bravely, but after rigorous training, they can quickly form combat effectiveness and cohesion!

The training ground of the Patrol Battalion was originally Guanhaiwei's temporary school ground, with a large area, so after the recruits arrived, they didn't have to look for another place.

The first thing the recruits do when they arrive at the station is to take a shower and change into new clothes.

At the same time, Jia Yun gathered all the patrols and asked them to be temporary captains, each leading 50 people. In the next month, they were responsible for teaching the recruits team rules, discipline, internal affairs, etc.

"Before the end of the month, recruits must memorize all the general rules and disciplines, just like when you came last year. If you can't complete the task, you will be engaged in military law!" Jia Yun looked at the more than 80 patrolmen in front of him, and said seriously.

It can be said that for these miners and farmers, everything else is secondary. Only after adapting to the discipline of the army can they really be reborn.

Otherwise, all of them would be good if they were screwed out separately, but once they were united to fight, they would become loose.

The army is a collective, and it is most taboo for someone to act as an individual hero, which will really kill people.

After the training, Jia Yun ordered the patrolling to continue, and the training began immediately after the recruits changed their clothes.

Just as she was about to go back to the county government office, Jia Wenlin came over with a carrier pigeon in her arms.

"Master, there's a letter from Master Lin." Jia Wenlin took off the letter from the pigeon and handed it to Jia Yun.

Jia Yun took the letter out of the letter box, opened it, and thought, "It turns out that Mr. Lin wants to pretend to be dead, so that those salt merchants can relax their vigilance, and then look for opportunities to catch them all."

Lin Ruhai said in the letter that he had sent a letter to the capital to ask the Jia family to send Lin Daiyu back to Yangzhou, hoping to see his daughter for the last time.

Jia Yun smiled secretly: "Master Lin is also a wonderful person, he can do all kinds of acting, and he is not afraid of tiring Lin Daiyu."

The reason why Lin Ruhai wrote to him to tell Jia Yun the details was also because he learned from Jin Yiwei that Jia Yun had indirectly joined the new emperor.

The reason to say hello in advance is because I am afraid of any accidents. Jia Yun has a lot of energy in Zhejiang now, so she can take care of her from the sidelines.

Jia Yun found the letter paper, and after writing the words "Got it", she let the pigeon fly away.

Looking at the homing pigeons flying straight into the sky, he thought to himself: "The person who escorted Xiangling's mother will soon arrive in Beijing. It will be convenient to contact the family again."

……

In Beijing, Wang Xifeng read and read the letter with tenderness in his eyes.

Ping'er Qiaosheng leaned against the door, turned her head and said, "Grandma, you take it out to look at it every day, it's not normal."

"Oh, don't come here, don't you read the letters he wrote to you every day?" Wang Xifeng rolled his eyes and said.

Ping'er giggled, looked up at the blue sky outside the door, and murmured: "I want to die..."

Wang Xifeng nodded and sighed: "He just wanted to provoke me, and if he provoked me, he would go out of Beijing again. It makes people worry, and really tortures me!"

Ping'er took a deep breath, walked slowly into the room, and said in a low voice: "We are not the only ones who are worried, isn't his own family the same as us?"

"Hehe, that's true, but we could have spared the suffering. After all, we are shameless and want to disobey women's morals. Who can blame this?" Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

Ping'er blushed, spat, and said angrily: "It's grandma who doesn't obey women's ways, slaves can bear it at that time."

Wang Xifeng's face turned pale, and he squinted and said: "You are so heartless, you eat and drink with big wine and big meat, and you don't recognize people after wiping your mouth? If I behave like a woman, will it benefit you?"

Without waiting for Ping'er to speak, she continued: "Also, he said in the letter, if I am short of money, I will go to his house to collect 100 taels of silver for petty expenses every month, and you also have ten taels of silver. When do you find time to go there? .”

Ping'er pursed his lips and said: "The servants are not short of money, so I have to go to grandma by myself!"

"What a dead girl, you don't even listen to me?" Wang Xifeng scolded with a smile.

Ping'er giggled and said: "This servant did not tell lies, there is no shortage of money, hehe..."

After laughing, Ping'er suddenly said: "Hey, by the way, grandma, there is something I forgot to tell you. It seems that Uncle Rong in Dongfu is going to marry again."

"Oh? Which girl is it?" Wang Xifeng asked curiously.

Ping'er replied, "I heard it's a girl from the Xia family."

Wang Xifeng frowned and said, "Which girl from the Xia family?"

"It's the Xia Family of the Imperial Merchant like the Xue Family. Her family supplies the potted plants in the palace. Her family is also in the spice business, and they also grow a lot of sweet-scented osmanthus. I heard that the girl's name is Jingui, Xia Jingui. " Ping'er replied.

After a pause, she continued: "I heard that Miss Xia was born quite beautiful and can read a few words. In terms of the ups and downs in her heart, she can be on par with grandma. She is very capable in managing the family."

"There are also people who say that Miss Xia's father died early since she was a child, and she has no siblings. The widowed mother takes care of this daughter alone. She is pampered and doted on, which is nothing more than a treasure."

"Every daughter's every move, the mother is obedient and obedient, so she is too pampered, and her temperament steals her feet."

"She has a romantic appearance on the outside, but she has a temperament of wind and thunder on the inside. She often gets angry with the maids at home, scolding and beating hard. I don't know if it's true or not."

Wang Xifeng nodded and said, "If the former is okay, if it's the latter, I'm afraid Brother Rong will suffer again."

Ping'er snorted coldly, and said: "He asked for that too, the Qin family is such a good person, he will stop if he says he will stop..."

"Shut up! How can you, a servant, be qualified to talk about the affairs of the master?" Wang Xifeng scolded coldly.

Ping'er bit her lip, turned her head away, and stopped talking, but she was still a little unconvinced.

At this moment, Feng'er shouted from outside the door: "Grandma, this servant has something urgent to report."

"Come in!" Wang Xifeng put the letter away in the secret box, then walked slowly to the round table and sat down.

Feng'er walked into the room with small steps, stepped forward and murmured softly: "Grandma, this servant just heard a letter in the courtyard, it seems that Miss Lin's father is going to die..."

"What?" Wang Xifeng was startled, grabbed Feng'er's hand and asked, "Where did you hear the news?"

Feng'er replied: "It's in Miss Lin's courtyard, and Miss Lin is still crying heartbreakingly right now! Xueyan was about to report this matter to the old lady, and the servant hurried back to tell grandma .”

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng took a few steps outside, then stopped suddenly, and muttered:
"Let's not get involved in this matter. Hurry up and tell Second Master Lian to wait for orders from the old lady. It is estimated that he is going to escort Miss Lin back to the south of the Yangtze River this time."

As she and Jia Lian slept in separate rooms, the relationship between the husband and wife became colder and colder. Wang Xifeng also took the opportunity to return most of the rights in the mansion to Mrs. Wang.

Unless necessary, she no longer joins in the fun as before, causing trouble is secondary, the main reason is that she is afraid that she will have to contribute money to support the family again, which is very disgusting to her.

Feng'er got the letter, bowed and withdrew.

Ping'er hesitated and said: "Why don't I go to Miss Lin's courtyard to have a look? She is a poor person."

"Alright, you can prepare some money for her to use on the road, this girl seems to have a lot of monthly income, but her life is too tight." Wang Xifeng mused.

Ping'er echoed: "Miss Lin usually spends her time here to clear up, and I haven't seen her buying any rouge and gouache. Most of the money is used to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones and books."

Wang Xifeng shook his head and said: "We don't care about this matter, you go and have a look first, and report back in time if you have something to do."

Ping'er responded, and went to Wang Xifeng's private treasury to get a hundred taels of silver, and packed it in a wooden box. After a moment of hesitation, she also added 20 taels, and then set off for Lin Daiyu's side.

After Ping'er left, Wang Xifeng returned to the couch and sat down, took out the letter Jia Yun wrote to her from the secret box, and thought:

"My friend, you have written longing all over the article, but do you really know how hard it is to miss your lover?"

The next day, Lin Daiyu left Beijing under the escort of Jia Lian.

Jia Yun's house.

Several personal guards were reporting Jia Yun's situation to Bu Shi and Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai glanced at Feng Shi who was kneeling on the ground, then looked sideways at Xiren and Xiangling: "Sister Xiren, take Xiangling and her mother to the room to talk!"

At this time Xiang Ling was staring at Feng Shi in a daze.

When the personal guard said that Feng Shi was her mother, besides feeling a little kind, Xiang Ling was also at a loss.

She was abducted since she was a child, and she has no memory of her family. She only knows one temple, and she doesn't remember the rest.

Seeing that Xiangling was dressed like Miss Qianjin, Feng's body was full of bookishness, and while he was relieved, he also wept with joy, tears streaming down his face...

(End of this chapter)