tkworld Chapter 23 Gold List Title Time
Chapter 23 Gold List Title Time
After all, cheating in the imperial examination is a big deal. Ke Lan first disclosed the news to the Taifu. She doesn’t care about the rest, and the Taifu will investigate carefully. , At this time, it is wrong to pursue the matter of Qiu Wei's fraud, but it is always right to prepare in advance. -------
After the New Year's Eve, many people came to visit the Taifu, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going, all of whom came to inquire about paying back the money.
As always, the Taifu was very strict, telling everyone who came that it was only natural to pay back the money owed, not to mention that the treasury really didn't have much money now.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when Shi entered Fengyang City, he had a round with the army that came to meet him. Before entering the city, he organized guerrillas outside the city, constantly harassing the light cavalry patrolling the Northern Army, and every time they left at the touch of a button, several The centurion and the vice-commander each led their own team, and instead of entering Fengyang City, they took turns to harass them. If they could kill one or two, they retreated immediately, and kept running while running behind the opponent's horse, consuming the opponent's strength. Stamina food.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the prince played a performance. When the treasury was abundant, all the officials borrowed money and grain. In the past few years, the harvest has been good, and all the officials have made money. But now the country is in great trouble, and most of the treasury’s gold, silver, grain and grass have been lost. Now the treasury is empty. It's time to pay back the money.
The few who received the news in advance had already made preparations. As soon as the prince’s voice fell, they immediately stood up and said that the prince was right. If you don’t pay back the money now, it’s like the moth of the country destroying the villain. The minister has already counted the property, not only Pay back the money owed, donate another hundred stones, and throw bricks to attract jade.
All of a sudden, there was a buzz of discussion among the officials, and the words were suddenly pushed to this kind of moth that destroys the country, and no one dared to rush to cry poor at this time.
The emperor was very satisfied and handed over the matter of debt collection to the prince.
The prince is also very good, and immediately asked the emperor to give calligraphy to the ministers who actively repaid the money. Although the emperor's calligraphy is not a valuable thing, it is still a good name. If you pay it back, you can get a good reputation and have a good relationship with the prince, so why not do it.
The lord's family in the capital has been raising money for the past few days, and the money raised was handed over to the treasury, and was quickly exchanged for food and grass to be sent to Fengyang City.
The news of Fengyang City was also being sent back to the capital. Although Bei Rong had been advancing the battle line to Fengyang City, the speed gradually slowed down, and the people outside Fengyang City also evacuated eastward. Prepared, the people also took all the food before leaving.
Although the new year has passed, the temperature has not picked up. It has just entered June [-], and the temperature is extremely low. Apart from looting the food of the people, there is no natural supply along the way. Speaking of it, it is simply a drop in the bucket, and it cannot be supplied at all.
The original defender of Fengyang City has been here for many years, and Shi Jin has no intention of creating a power conflict with the defender, so she seldom directs the defense of the city. After the soldiers transferred from the southwest, Shi Jin Jin also asked for some people from the general who defended the city, and formed a guerrilla team outside the city. The main purpose was not to attack, but simply to harass and consume Beibei's food and grass, and disturb the opponent's morale.
Living in the woods outside the city every day, the conditions are naturally much worse than defending the city, but the corresponding military salary is also more.
Regarding the situation in Fengyang City, Shi Jin wrote a letter to the emperor every two days, and also wrote a letter to Ke Lan by the way.
The letter to the emperor is only a thin sheet of paper, but there are many letters to Ke Lan, starting with three.
Sir, see the words as the face, I miss you very much, do you miss me? In the middle of the night, the army marched and fought, and the limelight was like a knife, and the face was like a cut." There was a light snow in Fengyang City, like salt grains, and the face hurt when it was blown on the face. I said this to want my husband to feel sorry for me. It hurts too much.I met General Weng's lieutenant general, who is now by my side, tall and slightly sheltered from the wind, Fengyang City is a plain, fortunately there are enough forests, there are many wild animals, and he often has extra meals.Is everything all right in the capital, sir?Taifu didn't promise you kiss, did he?If it doesn't work, you can tell the Taifu that I am a woman, and you can marry me when I go back after the Fengyang incident.If it doesn’t work, it’s the same if I marry you. Don’t worry, Mr. I really miss you before I say these words. Don’t miss me too much. Lovesickness is bitter. I just know it...
Ke Lan read the letter over and over three times, and said to 233: "Did you see it? If you want to chase a girlfriend, you have to know how to flirt."
233 was very dissatisfied, "You don't really take it seriously, do you? If the protagonist doesn't know, even if you are passive, you can't accept it. Do you understand me?"
Ke Lan sighed faintly.
This is probably the tragedy of love in the legend.
There have been several battles in Fengyang City, both big and small. Both sides are testing each other's bottom line. In the capital, the prince has recovered a lot of debts. The family can't afford this big Buddha, so they have to pay back part of it.
The prince lived in the Earl's Mansion of Yongchang for five days. Uncle Yongchang gave the prince two dishes of meat dishes every meal, and his family was full of steamed buns and pickles all day long. Going back to her natal home, she said she was sympathetic to Countess Yongchang's illness, and asked her daughter to go back to her natal home to serve her personally. -------
A few days later, the prince went to the house of Lou Jingzhi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Lou Jingzhi's son is Lou Qingzhou, who is in-laws with the Earl of Yongchang. Earl Yongchang delivered the letter.
After seeing off the prince, Lou Jingzhi lost his temper. The marriage he found for his eldest son was only thinking that the Earl of Yongchang was also an Earl after all. Unexpectedly, he was just an old bastard who was not clear-headed!Relying on a daughter to be a concubine in the East Palace, it's amazing, stupid!
The news that the crown prince took people away from Lou Jing's house carrying the box quickly spread. For a while, some people commented that the crown prince really did not have the demeanor of a king, and some said that it was only natural to pay off debts.
After hearing the message, the Tai Tuo asked again, "Is it all cash?"
"Half in cash and half in bank notes. It is said that I started to prepare to pay back the money last year, so I slowly accumulated it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to take out so much money for a while."
Tai Fu frowned.
Ke Lan laughed and said: "It can be seen that Lou Shangshu has a good management and family management, otherwise it would be difficult to save such a large amount of cash in a year. Not only did he pay back the money he owed with interest, but he also paid the debt owed by the Earl of Yongchang's family. I paid back part of it, so it can be seen that he is also a person who values love and righteousness."
"There are many ways to earn money in the capital." Tai Fu frowned, and said absent-mindedly: "There are also a lot of farms and shops outside his house. The harvest has been good in the past few years, and it is normal to save money."
Ke Lan shook his head and said, "No, senior brother doesn't care about vulgar things. I may not know that no matter how good the harvest is in this world, the grain is sold first, and then the money is sold. In the market, small coins are circulated first, then broken silver, and then silver ingots." , bank notes, and want to exchange all these scraps of silver into silver ingots and silver notes, even if the four major banks in the capital add up, I am afraid they will not dare to exchange them easily. If you don’t believe me, the brother will ask his sister-in-law to give monthly money, Is there more broken silver and small coins, or more silver ingots, how much can the shop Zhuangzi pay for the annual silver?"
Although the Taifu doesn't care about vulgar things, he doesn't manage the house and doesn't do business, but what Ke Lan said, he can understand after a little thought. Taking out so many silver notes at one time shows that Lou Jingzhi must have a fixed amount of money. entry.
"General Shi wrote back, saying that Fengyang City is safe now. They have fought against Bei Rong many times. The Bei Rong is exhausted and has little food and grass left. At this time, the state treasury also has money to seek peace. The price paid It won't be too big..."
Before Ke Lan finished speaking, the Taifu suddenly asked again: "Is there a possibility of winning?"
Ke Lan frowned.
The Taifu said again: "The emperor is very happy to receive the letter from General Shi. Maybe we can fight now besides asking for peace."
Objectively speaking, it's not impossible. Put it to death and live later. If it is delayed until the beginning of spring, it is almost the right time, place and people to fight Beirong.
However, Ke Lan is a bit selfish, she is not for Liang Guo, swords have no eyes on the battlefield, the longer the delay, the greater the possibility of accidents, in case one day accidentally, Shi Jin dies on the battlefield Well, isn't that the end of the game? !
Summing up early and finishing the task early is the most important thing.
"It's not impossible to fight." Ke Lan was silent for a while, and said with a sigh: "Not to mention that fighting is a waste of people and money. I lost my halberd in Liangzhou City and paid tens of thousands of people. , this time, if we fight to the death with Beirong in Fengyang City, even if we lose troops, we will win, but there is no guarantee that the southern border will not take the opportunity to go north, not to mention, what if we lose the battle? The price will be too high!"
From the very beginning, Ke Lan didn't plan to keep entangled with Bei Rong. She has her own goal, but her goal may be out of date and conflict with the times.
The Grand Tutor also sighed, the problems in the army cannot be solved overnight, the original cause bears the bitter fruit now, and we can only swallow it.
Here Ke Lan tried every means to promote the peace, while Shi Jin received the news and decided that there was no longer any delay.
On the last day of the first lunar month, the battle outside Fengyang City officially started. Shi Jin led [-] troops and took the initiative to charge, still in a guerrilla manner. The main purpose this time was not to harass. Advance forward, dig trenches, and destroy the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.
In the imperial court in Beijing, there were people discussing peace every day, and they were always worried that Fengyang City would be a grasshopper after autumn, but they didn't expect that this half-dead was not alive. From Fengyang City, which had no great success, it survived until mid-February.
In mid-February, good news finally came from Fengyang City. Hussar General Shi Xian led his troops to capture nearly [-] people on the Beirong flank, and the battle line advanced a hundred miles west.
The ruling and opposition parties cheered. In the past few months, this was the first small victory, and it gave everyone confidence.
When everyone was happy to hear and see, Ke Lan fell silent.
233 also fell silent, "This is like spreading its wings on the verge of danger."
Ke Lan sighed, "Then what can I do? Pray."
It may be that a certain god noticed that Ke Lan's prayer was very careless, and decided to give her a look. So, at the end of February, only ten days after the last good news, the day was sunny and very warm, and Ke Lan fell asleep. After a lazy sleep, I woke up without washing my face or combing my hair, immersed in spring sleepiness.
233 suddenly said: "The time has come and gone."
When there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Ke Lan jumped up like a spring, and asked in a panic, "What's the matter?"
233 was as anxious as she was, "She was hit by a poisoned arrow, and the wound medicine on her body has run out, and she hasn't detoxified yet."
If Jin was poisoned and unconscious at the critical moment, the secret of her daughter's body would be revealed immediately, and she couldn't hide it at all.Ke Lan didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, and immediately got up and changed into a set of convenient clothes, wrote a letter in a hurry, and asked someone to hand it to the Taifu.
Ke Lan rode the Taifu's horse, not daring to stop for a moment on the road, and hurried towards Fengyang City.
The five-day journey was compressed to less than three days by her, and she did not sleep all the way. Under the guidance of 233, she rushed outside the camp, but was stopped by soldiers and could not enter.
Ke Lan had a dusty face, black eye sockets, dry skin on his lips, raised his hand and shouted loudly: "I'm from the capital, and I'm invited by the general, take me in!"
The news of Shi Jin's injury has been blocked in the army, and he dare not announce it, fearing that the general will be injured and the army's morale will be unstable, but Ke Lan came suddenly, and there was no token at all, so the gatekeepers naturally couldn't let her in.
Ke Lan yelled several times, and was almost arrested. Just at this time, General Pi came out of the barracks. After seeing Ke Lan, his eyes lit up instantly, "Little Doctor Ke!"
Ke Lan waved at him high, "Take me to see General Shi."
After bringing Ke Lan in, General Pi thought her horse was too slow, so he pleaded guilty, so he lifted Ke Lan to his own horse, and when the horse whipped up, he got out of the tent.
Before Ke Lan went in, he yelled inside: "Everyone get out!"
Several military doctors in the camp were surrounding Shi Jin, about to hold down the general directly and take off his clothes, when he was called out, he froze instantly.
Ke Lan came in and rushed to the bed, and several military doctors were dissatisfied and asked, "Who are you? Who let you in?"
Shi Jin's consciousness was already not very clear, and when he heard the voice, he gradually regained his sanity, and said awkwardly: "You guys, get out."
The military doctor didn't know much about the situation, so the general came in and called out several military doctors.
Ke Lan first knocked Shi Jin unconscious, then took out the medicine from his bosom, bought a needle from 233 on credit, gave Shi Jin an injection first, and then lifted Shi Jin's body and took off her cloak. Armor, cleaned the wound, and applied medicine to bandage it.
After everything was tidied up, Ke Lan finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep lying on the side of the bed.
A few military doctors were suddenly called out by the general, and they all looked confused and anxious, "The onset of this poison is slow at first, but every day the toxicity becomes more severe. If we don't deal with it, I'm afraid the general will really have no cure!"
General Pi was also a little tangled, he turned around twice, and asked, "How sure are you of detoxification?"
Several military doctors looked at each other again. To tell the truth, most of the patients in the military camp were traumatized. They had seen limited cases of this kind of poisoning, not to mention the poison from Beirong. Up to now, they are still not [-]% sure what the poison is. Sure.
General Pi gritted his teeth, took off his helmet, scratched his head and said, "Since you're not sure, let Mr. Ke try it, maybe he has a solution."
The military doctors didn't understand again, "Who is this Mr. Ke?"
"It's...a military doctor." General Pi didn't know too well. He knew that he was a military doctor when he was in Liangzhou. The whole army liked Dr. Xiao Ke, who was gentle and nice to talk to. But this time he followed General Shi after two months. It turns out that Dr. Xiao Ke seems to be more than just a doctor.
General Pi frowned and asked a few of them, "Did you tell anyone about the General's injury and coma?"
The military doctors all shook their heads, "Although I didn't say it, the general hasn't patrolled the camp these days and hasn't shown up much. I'm afraid there are some speculations, but absolutely no one would think that it was poisoning."
General Pi frowned, then how could Dr. Ke come in such a timely manner?
Several people waited outside anxiously for a long time, and they couldn't wait any longer. In the end, General Pi couldn't bear it any longer. He turned around several times, gritted his teeth and said, "It's not a problem for us to stand here, I'll go and have a look first. "
He originally thought that the poison might be being pulled out inside, but he didn't expect to go in and take a look. The two of them slept more soundly than the other. It looked like they were both in a coma. Fortunately, it seemed that the wounds on the general's body had been treated.
But the general couldn't see anything, so after thinking about it, he went out and called some military doctors back. After a while, the toxin was subsiding. Who is this doctor? Unless he knew the poison that the general was poisoned in advance, even a genius doctor would never be able to do it so quickly!"
General Pi didn't understand either, so he simply said, "Doctor Xiao Ke has absolutely nothing to do with the Bei Rong bandits, otherwise he wouldn't have come to rescue the general, don't guess, we'll talk about it when the general wakes up."
Ke Lan's body was exhausted too much. This time he slept until dark and woke up from hunger. When he woke up, he raised his head and found that he was sleeping on the bed. look at her.
Ke Lan looked at her for a few seconds and said, "I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?"
Before Shi Jin could speak, Ke Lan suddenly added, "I don't eat you, eat."
Shi Jin laughed, and reached out to touch the top of Ke Lan's head, "If you want to eat but you can't, I'll ask someone to cook for you."
Ke Lan's face turned red.
When the food was delivered, Shi Jin stood up to pick it up, brought it to Ke Lan's mouth, brought it to Ke Lan's mouth, and looked at Ke Lan with distress and said, "The food in the military camp is so-so, please be patient, sir."
Ke Lan grabbed the pancake, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, before saying, "The food I ate in Liangzhou was not as good as this. What's the matter with you, get up."
Shi Jin also picked up the big cake and took a bite, "I've eaten it before, but I'm hungry again after seeing that Mr. eats deliciously."
Ke Lan rolled his eyes.
Shi Jin found that every time she was injured, her husband would be in a bad mood and his temper would be particularly violent.
"I was careless this time, I didn't expect that the arrow was poisoned."
Ke Lan glared, "So many injuries on your body, are they careless?"
Shi Jin laughed out loud, not annoyed by Ke Lan's inexplicable reprimand, on the contrary, he was as happy as eating honey.
Ke Lan gave her a supercilious look, and said, "I didn't expect Bei Rong to have such a shameless person. Just wait, I'll poison all your weapons and kill anyone who touches them."
Damn so angry, this bunch of bastards almost ended the heroine here!
Shi Jin was so happy that he kept laughing, and when he finished laughing, he asked her, "How did Mr. know that I was injured?"
Ke Lan licked his lips and said, "I don't know. I had a nightmare in the capital and felt bad, so I came here."
Shi Jin leaned over, put his face in front of Ke Lan, tilted his head and smiled and said, "So, sir, we have a good understanding?"
Ke Lan's eyes dodged, and he didn't know what to say, so he raised his hand and stuffed the cake into his mouth, "You can't stop your mouth if you eat it."
Shi Jin was cheerful and didn't ask any more questions. He only said that he would send Ke Lan back in two days.
The news of Ke Lan's arrival was only known to a few people. General Pi told people that the general's family members were visiting and would leave in a few days.
Shi Jin recovered at a speed beyond everyone's expectations, but she still didn't go out of the tent very much, she only called a few generals and generals, and was going to do whatever she could to catch the turtle.
When Shi Jin talked about tactics, he was quite confident, and his body seemed to be shining.
Ke Lan was sitting next to him, with a cold face, but he was already giggling with 233, "Hehehe, it's so fucking pretty."
233 already has nothing to say to Ke Lan, who is making waves.
After the plan was made and before it was implemented, Shi Jin decided to send Ke Lan away first.
Ke Lan was afraid that something would happen to her after she left, so of course she didn't want to just leave like this, but she couldn't hold back the time, so she left a pile of medicines before leaving, and the usage and usage were written on the bottles one by one. , No one can give it to Shi Jin.
Shi Jin sent her ten miles away, and when they reached the official road, Ke Lan was depressed and said, "Okay, you can go back."
Shi Jin hugged her again, sighed and said: "Don't worry, sir, you go back and wait for me first, and when I win and return to Beijing, I will marry you as the general's wife."
Ke Lan forced a smile, didn't agree, but didn't refuse either.
Now the progress of the task is 90.00% five, maybe, when the time goes back, the task has been completed, and she has already left.
When she came, she was the only one, and when she returned, there were two more escorts, so she was naturally much safer.
When I arrived in the capital, it was already mid-March, the real spring was blooming, catkins were flying in the city, people on the street had veils on their faces, they took off a layer of clothes, and put on light spring clothes.
When the grand master saw Ke Lan, he was so angry that his whole body trembled, not to mention the beard. He opened his mouth and said, "Look at you! What do you look like! I just received a letter from Master, saying that he will take good care of you. Went to Fengyang! What can you do? Is it beautiful?"
Ke Lan clasped his fists to beg for mercy, "I was wrong, senior brother, don't be angry, junior brother, I'm back safely, I'll tell senior brother about the current situation in Fengyang City, walk around, find the kitchen to get me something to eat, I'll I'm so hungry."
The Taifu was walked away with one arm held by Ke Lan, and he blew his beard and stared at her, "You deserve it for being hungry!"
After walking a few steps, he said again: "After receiving the news of your return, your sister-in-law asked the kitchen to prepare food, all of which you like."
Ke Lan smiled and thanked.
With a full meal and warm tea, Ke Lan rubbed his belly and said, "In a few days, you should be able to receive news from Fengyang City. This time it should be a big victory! Maybe you don't need to ask for peace, so you don't know."
Tai Tu's eyes lit up happily, "Really?"
Ke Lan nodded, "Really."
The Tai Tuo got happy and turned around twice. After the two turns, he turned his head and looked at Ke Lan with a frown and said, "You went to Fengyang City for this purpose, right?"
Ke Lan's expression froze.
Taifu's face changed drastically immediately, "You don't mean to go to find that hussar general, do you?!"
Ke Lan: ...Brother, you are really a real brother.