The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 236 Chaos
The Jiedu Mansion, which is being expanded, has a main street of [-] steps and a side street of [-] steps.

The front two-thirds of the area.

For the internal departments of the Jiedu Mansion, there are also stables, various warehouses, public houses, etc., and there are also many government servants and horsemen serving in the government.

The North Street is the government offices of various ministries, and the South Street is the homes of officials and generals.

In these few years.

Not only the Jiedu Mansion, but also more and more buildings of various colors around it, after the expansion of the northern city wall of Jinzhou City.

The east and west walls lost their function, so a lot of them were demolished to leave enough space.

every morning.

Those who deliver water, coal and firewood, rice, vegetables, and watchdogs, and farmers who weave baskets, dustpans, etc. come to the city to sell.

There are also some handicrafts.

Make sugar figurines, bamboo dragonflies, etc., and exchange some odds and ends from urchins to subsidize the family.

Jinzhou City.

From a military acropolis, due to the increase of officials and generals, it began to have the atmosphere of people's livelihood.

Only when the excrement collectors from various yamen and households pulled the tightly covered excrement trucks through the streets and alleys, people covered their noses and avoided them all the way.

Disgusted and inseparable.

People come and go.

An inconspicuous courtyard.

In the big winter.

Liu Chengmin's arms were bare, covered with a layer of sweat, squatting on horseback and carrying the stone pier, showing ferocious muscles.

The Jinjiang Army is different from the rest of the country.

It can be said that most of them have their heads shaved, so the military has been bald from the beginning, and this custom has gradually been preserved.

In the army, it is very convenient to keep a bald head.

In fact, not only sergeants, but also many civilians.

If you walk around in Jinzhou City and look around, eight out of ten people are bald, and one or two people have short hair on the top of their heads.

Tang Qing'an sometimes felt a sense of separation, wondering if he was in a big movie theater.

"Huh...ha..."

Liu Chengmin didn't use inertial force, he used all his strength in every move, and exhaled a puff of white air from his mouth, which quickly dissipated in the cold air.

Practice three nines in winter and three days in summer.

He has been like this since he was a child.

Even if you are the chief soldier now, you never stop.

The yard is very large.

There are no extra messy buildings, so it looks wider, with all kinds of soldiers and battles complete.

in the courtyard.

There are strong and powerful men everywhere.

Many people also took off their clothes, only wearing trousers, or drawing bows and arrows, or building strength, or wielding weapons.

There are also men who catch each other and practice corners.

The road is slippery now.

When the weather is fine, these people will ride out of the city mightily, and practice riding and archery, equestrianism, etc. outside the mountains.

It was dark.

These people get up on time and come to the yard on time.

"Bang...bang..."

The butler personally led the servants, carrying all kinds of meat, goat milk, honey, winter dates, iced pears, steamed buns and so on.

These sumptuous foods were carefully piled up on the long wooden table on the side of the yard.

"what."

Liu Chengmin didn't run out of strength, and he was still full of emotions, wanting to vent his inner unhappiness.

His dantian let out a loud shout.

"Snapped."

A corner of the stone pier was smashed by him at once, and fell to a small piece of ground.

"it is good!"

"Boss Liu is mighty!"

The big men in the yard applauded one after another.

Liu Chengmin shook his fat hands full of calluses. If you look carefully, the lines on the hands have been smoothed away, only the raised dead skin.

"To kiss your grandma's ass."

Liu Chengmin laughed and cursed.

The group of people under him are all the elite of the army he has collected, and some of them are no worse than him.

These guys don't care.

A well was drilled in the yard.

Jinzhou City is rich in underground water sources, and it is easy to successfully drill wells.

Buckets of water were brought up, and these men formed a circle and took out the clean towels prepared by the people one after another.

After scrubbing the sweat off his body, he refreshed himself, and then began to put on his respective clothes again.

Liu Chengmin doesn't want to be served by others, and he is just like these people.

then.

Everyone sat down around the long solid wood table and began to eat and drink. Of course, what they drank was definitely not wine.

Because there are more and more people, it has become crowded, and Liu Chengmin is among them.

The butler once asked if he wanted to open a new table, but Liu Chengmin vetoed it, and these tough guys were unwilling to sit separately.

Therefore, he seemed to be devouring and eating with relish. He could have eaten four bowls, but in this atmosphere, he could add one or two more bowls.

Except when on the battlefield, the army joins forces with the army.

And at home, three meals a day are like this.

These people have no other skills.

The only thing that can be done is to take someone's life with a gesture of the hand. Over the years, the ability to kill has become an instinct.

These people look at people's eyes and are used to observing wards, throat hits, elbows and chests, kicks and other deadly moves.

Everyone is full of strength and quick hands and feet.

Ordinary five or six or eight people cannot get close with bare hands.

"The general sent someone to ask the second master to come over."

The butler came back again and said with a smile outside the crowd.

Liu Chengmin swallowed the food in his mouth, dropped the steamed buns on the plate, got up and left.

The men turned their heads and looked at the butler.

Although he was very familiar with these people, the eyes of these sergeants were too creepy, and the butler smiled awkwardly.

Liu Chengmin was too lazy to ride a horse, let alone a carriage for such a small distance.

So he took several guards on duty and walked to Jiedu mansion on foot. He saw acquaintances on the way, but he didn't pay much attention to them.

He was impatient to deal with civil servants.

Instinct from childhood.

Now that he is in a high position, he has the care of his elder brother on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to avoid taboos, so he never has extra contacts with civil servants.

Several personal guards stayed in the gatehouse, and Liu Chengmin was ushered in.

In fact, he is very familiar with this place.

But it's not like it used to be.

The yamen of the Jiedu Mansion is full of people and rules, and waist badges are checked when entering and leaving, not to mention the backyard.

When there was only his sister-in-law before, he went in a few times and talked with the sister-in-law in the yard.

Even when the elder brother was there, he let him sit at the table and eat together.

But now that the eldest brother has more family members, it is not easy for him to go in.

Walking around two yards, passing through a porch gate, the same yard is wider and more refined than the one in his home.

The difference is that there are many such yards, and the eldest brother is not around.

Li Rujing led a group of people.

"Second uncle."

Seeing Liu Chengmin, Li Rujing immediately got up and smiled.

"General Liu."

The rest of the men also got up one after another.

Liu Chengmin nodded, did not stop, and walked in with the deacon.

The eldest brother is waiting for him in the inner courtyard.

It became quieter as we walked in.

When they arrived at a Langfang, Tang Qing'an was sitting and drinking tea, accompanied by Xie Youcheng and Jia Jian.

"Brother, Mr. Xie, Mr. Jia."

Liu Chengmin greeted.

Xie Youcheng, Jia Jian stood up and responded.

"All sit down."

Tang Qing'an put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at his second brother with a smile.

Liu Chengmin was not polite.

Since these two people are here, the eldest brother must have something important to explain to him, not the usual greetings.

Tang Qing'an didn't talk nonsense and told him directly.

"Wei Yi, the new Liaodong economic strategist, has a strong background and doesn't leave any room for things, which made me very passive."

Liu Chengmin didn't interrupt, and didn't have extra words, just listened quietly.

He will do what the eldest brother says.

"He couldn't summon me, but he also wanted to summon all the officers above the fifth rank in Jinjiang Town to go to Jinzhou for a review.

Some people really can't get away, but I can't refuse him anymore, so I plan to let some people go to Jinzhou. "

"I understand."

Liu Chengmin knew why his elder brother asked him to come.

"Based on the hearts of our people in Jinjiang Town, there is no need to specifically explain one or two things. Can we still be afraid that Wei Yi will shake our army's morale?"

Jia Jian on the side suddenly laughed.

Jia Jian turned out to be Shi Nai's staff and was highly valued.

This man is very talented.

The year before last, as Shi Nai's envoy, he came to Jinzhou to see his elder brother, and in just a short time, his elder brother never forgot.

However, due to Shi Nai's affection, it is not easy to poach his people, and Jia Jian also politely refused, and will not betray his benefactor.

Now that Shi Nai has resigned, Jia Jian has regained his freedom.

And Shi Nai also recommended him to come to Jinjiang Town, so they hit it off right away, and he came here on his own initiative before his elder brother invited him.

In just a few months, he was regarded as a confidant by the eldest brother and participated in confidential matters.

Therefore, Liu Chengmin did not dare to underestimate the person in front of him, and when he heard his words, he showed an expression of listening carefully.

"There are some things that our generals are not easy to do, but the people below you are different. After all, Wei Yi must understand a truth.

What is a proud soldier? He was too successful in Jinzhou, so he must be forced to taste it.

Some people bully the weak and fear the hard, once they accommodate him, he will become even tougher and proud. "

With the last sentence, Jia Jian looked at Xie Youcheng with a smile.

Xie Youcheng smiled and said nothing.

At the beginning, he suggested that the general take the initiative to seek peace, so as to avoid getting more and more rigid with the court, and Wei Yi was the key.

If Wei Yi does not continue to impeach the general, the relationship between the general and the capital may be slowed down.

But Jia Jian said that he could not be subdued, and had to do the opposite.

Although what he said was reasonable, it was extremely dangerous.

If Wei Yi doesn't take this approach, the consequences will be unpredictable.

However, the general agreed with Jia Jian's opinion, so Xie Youcheng stopped talking too much.

After all, Jia Jian is new here.

The general will definitely give him favor and approve of his strategy.

"How much trouble is there?"

Liu Chengmin asked.

Hearing Liu Chengmin's words, Tang Qing'an laughed.

"Don't make trouble, I'm afraid that Zhu Xiu and Wu Zhenmeng will make a big fight, and you will control the fire instead.

Our purpose is not to really have a life-and-death feud with Wei Yi.

Zhu Xiu and Wu Zhenmeng, no one cares about their troubles, but they will think about what you say. "

Liu Chengmin patted his forehead depressedly.

This is what annoys him the most.

"I think your hand is going to be terrible, now that you are a general, you can't be greedy for martial prowess.

In the future, I can't let you lead the army alone. If you go to fight in person, the battle will be second. Next time, I won't be able to save you. "

Seeing Liu Chengmin's hand, Tang Qing'an painstakingly taught him the truth.

Liu Chengmin glanced at his elder brother.

Hold back the complaints.

(End of this chapter)